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Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... to Acute Interstitial ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... MatthewHoMD #Acute
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Epithelial cell casts ... Obstruction • Cast ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... Bacteria, yeast and parasites ... • Urinary casts ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Tubular Necrosis
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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intracellular parasite ... • Unsporulated cysts ... Established via stool microscopy ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
the protozoan parasite ... weeks incubation Acute ... Chronic phase → (lasts ... the absence of treatment ... Tests - check Acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Several cases have ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute ... initiation of treatment ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
The acute phase ... Treatment should ... ://www.cdc.gov/parasites ... #photo #smear #microscopy
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
should use this algorithm ... present with an acute ... Although electron microscopy ... Staining Electron Microscope ... all HIGH RISK CASES