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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging, and LRINEC ScoreA Systematic Review and
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection ... #Diagnosis #EBM ... SoftTissueInfection #Testing ... LRINEC #Accuracy #Sensitivity ... #Specificity
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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100%, specificity ... effect/Edema • EBV ... 92% and specificity ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
Clostridium difficile Infection ... Decreasing Order of Sensitivity ... • Glutamate dehydrogenase ... laboratory #diagnosis #testing ... #sensitvity #specificity
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase ... Pneumocystis pneumonia (late ... > 1.5) with a sensitivity ... and specificity ... • Toxins • Infection
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has a sensitivity ... and specificity ... Urinary antigen testing ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... shock • Mortality rate