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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Clinical Presentation ... • Symptoms of anemia ... • hemolytic anemia ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... seen • Chest CT
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
cyst in the right lobe ... Hydatid disease ... is caused by the ... #clinical #NEJM ... hepatic #radiology #CT
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
Ab IFA 1:256, PCR ... common in NY, NJ, CT ... lysis: fever, anemia ... ARDS and DIC, case ... Diseases Fellowship
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... of right middle lobe ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential #
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Disease: • Endemic ... No hemolytic anemia ... trypanosomiasis • Babesiosis ... , and possibly PCR ... Fever #Travel #Differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• History of EBV ... infection • Family ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
from injuries and infections ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... of renal disease ... pathophysiology #differential
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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• Heavy chain disease ... Include: • Viral infections ... acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential