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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Clinical Presentation ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... malignancies - B-cell ... younger pts) Differential ... sensitize red blood cells
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Langerhans giant cells ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Langerhans giant cells ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
a normal white-cell ... cyst in the right lobe ... Hydatid disease ... #clinical #NEJM ... #CT #ultrasonography
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

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