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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... , Disseminated infection ... Diseases Fellows
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... antimicrobials, clinical ... Diseases Fellows ... #differential #
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... response preceding infection ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... #treatment #neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA • Infection ... • Superimposed infection ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... diagnosis #AIDS
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
to an existing infection ... opportunistic infection ... an unrecognized infection ... drug-resistant infection ... opportunistic infection
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... Infection, Electrolyte ... #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Diagnosis Framework ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... disease 2. ... #nephrology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
50% in chronic infection ... infection • Cough ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... infection (~40%