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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Diagnosis: • ... CLL Labs: 1. ... microglobulin Treatment ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #diagnosis ... workup #oncology #hematology
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle 1) ... of parasitized cell ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Plasmodium Life Cycle 1) ... Infected liver cell ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... - produced by all ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
cruzi Life Cycle 1) ... burst out of the cell ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Pathophysiology ... • Induce blast cell ... symptoms, or> 1 ... Renal Failure Treatment
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Overview Normal: < 1% ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC ... #hematology #pathophysiology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... Step 1: In the patient ... #management #hepatology ... #gastroenterology