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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Diseases Fellows ... Aspergillosis #Treatment
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Pseudotumor - Infectious ... History of Bleeding, Infection ... (Pancytopenia, WBC ... Lymphocytic Leukemia (CBC ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
suggests calculi/infection ... dysmorphic RBC’s, RBC ... /WBC casts, proteinuria ... intrinsic renal disease
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
• Autoimmune diseases ... predictive of a serious infection ... overlook severe infections ... superior indicator of infection ... #CBC #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Artifact (redo CBC ... Myelofibrosis Infectious ... disorders • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
TRANSPARENCY VISCOSITY WBC ... crystalline disease ... noncrystalline disease ... Infectious: Lyme ... disease Infectious
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... TPO, TPO-RA • Infections ... : Chronic infections ... bacterial and viral infections
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... about indolent infections ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... neuropathy Treatment ... Specific anti-infectious ... with refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... and Associated Diseases ... cell, Other RBC ... Microscopy #Pathology #Hematology ... Pathologic Basis of Disease