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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection ... history of recurrent infections ... disease • Infectious ... community-acquired infections ... #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
. tuberculosis infections ... for 4.6% of new infections ... HIV • Recent infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Factors For NTM Infections ... • Disseminated infections ... infections • ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... , Disseminated infection ... systemic vori Infectious
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... - Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... Check For: • Infections ... Polyclonal IgM post infectious
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... infection • Cough ... infection (~40% ... #Management #Infections
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... Cerumen impaction Infectious ... (90%), Fungal infections ... • Dental infections ... • Dental infections
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
. tuberculosis infections ... for 4.6% of new infections ... HIV • Recent infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... inflammation Symptoms ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA • Infection ... • Superimposed infection ... airway • Treating infections
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Parenchyma: • Infection ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... #pulmonary #causes