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Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... infections are common causes ... of glomerular disease ... glomerular #testing #workup ... #nephritic #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... infections are common causes ... #workup #diagnosis ... initial #testing #nephrology ... #nephrotic #nephritis
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
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
, and nephrotic ... , and nephrotic ... Kidney stones caused ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Pharmacology #
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
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
but important causes ... See charts - ... exists Infectious Diseases ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... hepatitis and nephrotic ... similar to those of B12 ... of Infectious Diseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic 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
formed or don’t work ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... cells have DNA changes ... Workup: • Complete