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Pulmonary symptoms in HIV-infected patient by CD4 count

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious
Pulmonary symptoms ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential # ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Microbiology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... about indolent infections ... infection. ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Lung Lesions - Differential ... Infection - Malignancy ... - Rheumatologic ... Lesions #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... within 1 month of infection ... should have other symptoms ... Disorders #msk #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... • synovitis; joint ... corticosteroid injections ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... morulae Signs and symptoms ... #Anaplasma #Infection ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs or symptoms ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
- Typical S.A joint ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology