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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... h/o recurrent/severe
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Hypotension • Shock ... • Ischemia (severe ... , allopurinol, PPI ... ) • Infections
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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hemorrhage • CSF PCR ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • JC-virus PCR ... Enhancement • PCR
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Vascular Causes ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... Liver Injury: • Infectious ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... VZV • Trauma: Shock
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... malaise • Septic shock ... specificity of PCR ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... travel to endemic areas ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... relevance of +PCR
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... disease caused ... family Route of infections ... smear negative, PCR ... trypomastigotes) 2) PCR
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
disease that is caused ... progress through several ... Blepharitis • Severe ... chain reaction (PCR ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management
Symmetrical Drug-Related Intertriginous and Flexural Exanthema (SDRIFE)

49M +burning rash groins/buttocks (pic in next thread) x 1d.
groins/buttocks (pic ... No fever. 120/80 ... for a recent ear infection ... right answer, d/c culprit ... MCQ highlights a case