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Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
/II, VZV, CMV, HIV ... , M. leprae • Parasitic ... #eye #ocular #dermatology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Pseudotumor - Infectious ... • CMV • HIV ... History of Bleeding, Infection ... Lymphocytic Leukemia (CBC ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... etc) - Viral: HIV ... Bacterial: Sepsis - Parasitic ... infiltration: malignancy, infection ... Diagnosis #Framework #hematology
A 48-year-old-man presented to the dermatology clinic with a whitish discoloration and hyperkeratosis of the first
presented to the dermatology ... clinic with a whitish ... proximal to the distal ... #Clinical #IM #InfectiousDisease ... TrichophytonRubrum #HIV
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... in HIV: • CNS ... #differential # ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... decreased PLT count: CBC ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
), EBV infection ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... Etiology: - Infections ... involvement Differential ... #hematology
Reactive or "Atypical" Lymphocytosis
Infection
 • Viral: EBV, CMV, HIV, Herpes viruses, Influenza, Varicella, HTLV-I
 • Bacterial:
Lymphocytosis Infection ... Viral: EBV, CMV, HIV ... Pertussis • Parasitic ... Lymphocytosis #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... likelihood of negative clinical ... #Bandemia #differential ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC ... #hematology #pathophysiology