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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... are caused by members ... A.fumigatus species complex ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
 -
Causes of Extravascular ... circulation - Infections ... Cold AIHA • PCH ... Drug-induced immune-complex ... #Hematology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... • Endocrine: Infectious
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
- Differential Diagnosis ... Caroli's - Complex ... Benign - Infectious ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... brain injury • Infectious ... Neurocysticercosis, PML
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... • Nodular/Masses ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... virus, Herpes simplex ... #Causes #Adrenal ... #differential #diagnosis ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Bleomycin Hematologic ... Cryoglobulinemia Infectious ... Viral - Herpes simplex ... #Algorithm #causes