102 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Pulmonary TB ... <50 • Pulmonary ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Differential Diagnosis and ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... , NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most pathogenic and ... likely to cause pulmonary ... Primary skin and ... , and catheter-related ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
bacterial skin and ... soft tissue infections ... skin #softtissue #infections ... #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... CBC/diff, Blood and ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Management Aspergillus ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... systemic vori Infectious ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... tissue invasion and ... primary adrenal infection ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... cause primary pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
various tissues and ... Divide in the gut and ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite