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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
Penicilliosis (Primary ... Indication for Primary ... Discontinuing Primary ... for Restarting Primary ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
Mixed Urinary Incontinence ... Findings Urgency Urinary ... sudden, strong urge ... inflammation/ infection ... Signs #Symptoms #Urology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... urine microscopy / urinary ... calcium Optional: urinary ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology,
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
suggests calculi/infection ... throughout (upper urinary ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Urology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Differential Diagnosis • Infections ... Glioblastoma multiforme, Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Treatment of the Primary ... Clostridium difficile infection ... Episode #Pharmacology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Primary and Secondary ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Sensitivity ETOH Infection ... differential #causes #primary ... secondary #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Histoplasma urinary ... by culture or serology ... antibodies • Urinary ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... • Respiratory/urinary
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
of Syphilis Primary ... the hallmark of primary ... the period of primary ... or symptoms of primary ... have positive serology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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encephalitis, and primary ... status, and focal neurologic ... specificity 90–100% Primary ... approaching 100% for primary ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology