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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
other as well as never ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Differential #Ddx
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Periodic fever ... kidney failure DDX ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Rheumatology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Mild: Malaise, fever ... Acute myocarditis ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral ... Headache (45%) • Fever ... cerebrospinal fluid DDX ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... presents as an acute ... following: • Fever ... : • Infection ... #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... weeks without infection ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... plaques) AML Dx ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... with systemic disease ... gastrointestinal infection ... DDX: - Pyoderma ... Treatment: - Systemic
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... night sweats, fever ... Glomerulonephritis DDX ... hematuria, + RF Treatment