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Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Approach to the Infectious ... Disease Patient ... illness What: Key ... signs and symptoms ... e.g. brain and lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... Abscess Differential
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... years - May have signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... involvement - CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lung Disease: ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Carcinoma - No signs ... of infection - ... Carcinoma - Abscess
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... monitoring (vital signs ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT ... • Flex-Sig: If ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Disease by CD4 ... • CT: Halo sign ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of UMN and LMN signs ... of UMN and LMN signs ... both UMN and LMN signs ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... #diagnosis #management