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Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Management Summary Chagas ... caused by the protozoan ... symptoms, positive serology ... Jcortesizaguirr #Chagas
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... vomiting, visual changes ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Vision changes ... may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... duration is 6 to 12 ... extrapulmonary disease ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... cells have DNA changes ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Cryoglobulinemia (4%-12% ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Infections in HIV-AIDS ... Severe Disseminated Disease ... BID for at least 12 ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology