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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... a bone marrow (BM ... peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... chills, anorexia, ARDS ... jaundice ​• Neuro: AMS ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... phase: Peripheral smear
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... enhancement on CT ... • Symptoms: AMS ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
hematuria, H/A. diagnosis ... inclusions, improved clinically ... common in NY, NJ, CT ... complications: ARDS ... babesia #microti #clinical