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Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... • Wound • GI ... sardonic" smile, abdominal ... endemic fungi cause ... , chest pain, hemoptysis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... evaluations that ... • Fever • Anorexia ... mesenteric ischemia • GI
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
organic debris and soil ... 3) Abdominal, ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... most often in soil
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
In: • Water/soil ... status NTM Cause ... Syndrome of right middle ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
mononeuritis multiplex • GI ... tract: Abdominal ... rhinitis/sinusitis, saddle ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... neuropathy - GI ... tract: abdominal ... to exclude are infections ... Vasculitis: • Fevers
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
Contracted through soil ... - Migration to Pulmonary ... pain, vomiting, ... several weeks after infection ... , fever, petechia
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
CT abdomen if abdominal ... pain; full infectious ... Treat underlying cause ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis