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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... and NO, Suppress induction ... 2-6 months • Fever ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
possible - Infectious ... workup or TSH level ... if symptoms of infection ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Diagnosis and Management ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... mild (malaise, fever
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... • Infectious insult ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... monitoring low-level ... present) - These infections ... of glomerular disease ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... chronic kidney disease ... chronic kidney disease ... Acute myocardial infarction ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Demyelinating disease ... vomiting, visual changes ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology