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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
American trypanosomiasis ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
American trypanosomiasis ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
American Trypanosomiasis ... disease (American ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... mild (malaise, fever
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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reported in Latin America ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #microbiology #
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
virus, Yellow fever ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... Comprehensive Review of Infectious
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
virus, Yellow fever ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... Comprehensive Review of Infectious
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... weeks without infection ... lymphocyte > 5000/microL ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
include low-grade fevers ... headaches, visual changes ... hypothyroidism, infection ... TREATMENT: • The ... Diagnosis #Management #Rheumatology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
- Anasarca - Fever ... disease, severe fever ... histopathologic changes ... Hypoalbuminemia Treatment ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology