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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
(CDI) - Diagnosis ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... nosocomial infection ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Statins), ETOH Infection ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... #causes #treatment
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
solium Life Cycle 1) ... intestinal tapeworm infection ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
patients with CD4 ... health-care provider diagnosis ... vaccine Treatment ... of Varicella Infections ... • Valacyclovir 1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) - Summary ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... Infection due to ... hematology #hemeonc #diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management Summary ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... : Serology (preferred ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #management #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... only available at CDC
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary ... Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of a previously diagnosed ... within the first 1 ... No specific diagnostic ... decrease in HIV-1 ... ulceration • Varicella