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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
blood cultures should ... the preferred test ... typically part of the workup ... for HIV, Chlamydia ... Distal joints, knees
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... K), H. pylori test ... changes), high MCV anemia
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... patients should
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
, Cardiac, GI, infectious ... conditions in his ... differential diagnoses ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Clinical Presentation ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... younger pts) Differential ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
1) Clinical diagnosis ... hydrocephalus, HIV ... ... laboratory tests ... - Progressive amnesia ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... patients should
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Debate if this should ... leaking out of pulmonary ... intersitial space Infection
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hematologic • Anemia ... • Malignancy Infectious ... Hepatitis • HIV ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary