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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Illness Script Epidemiology ... Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... but rare triad: Fever ... weakness, sensory changes ... Locate the source: blood
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Treatment: 1) ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
culture Note that fever ... Microbiology: • ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... Washington University ID ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diarrhea (>3 BM/d) ± blood ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... toxic megacolon Epidemiology ... : • #1 nosocomial ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Sx include: fever ... Infection - Infection ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
S/sx: Fever, flank ... • Infection - ... Infection occurs ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... Blood (platelets ... mild (malaise, fever
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
showing on imaging Epidemiology ... Hypertension: 1/ ... mental status changes ... colonoscopy), induction ... phenoxybenzamine blocks alpha-1