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Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology, screening/diagnosis, clinical syndromes, treatment, and other notes

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile
microbiology, screening ... /diagnosis, clinical ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... mycoplasma #genitalium #mgen
US Preventive Services Task Force - Prostate Cancer Screening - Update 2018
Patient Decision Aid

 - Men
Prostate Cancer Screening ... benefits and harms of screening ... with their clinician ... against PSA-based screening ... ProstateCancer #Screening
Health Maintenance Checklist for Adult IBD Patients

Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Influenza (inactive), Pneumococcal PCV13, Pneumococcal PPSV23, Tdap,
Vaccine Preventable Diseases ... Colonoscopy Other Screenings ... inflammatory #bowel #disease ... #primarycare #screening
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Surveillance - Screening ... more than just men ... surveillance than men
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... by the screening ... scores on the screening ... identify a non-diseased
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Screening Algorithm
 • Bloom syndrome
 • Canavan disease
 • Familial dysautonomia
 • Fanconi
Jewish Genetic Screening ... syndrome • Canavan disease ... • Niemann-Pick disease ... A • Tay-Sachs disease ... Jewish #Genetic #Screening
There are several screening questionnaires for OSA, although the accuracy of many of them is limited.4,6,7,24
There are several screening ... is a validated screening ... specificity in obese men ... ObstructiveSleepApnea #Screening
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
95% - Initial screening ... with more severe disease ... Used to monitor disease ... with more severe disease ... Treatment: • Mild disease
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption screening tool (AUDIT-C)

1. How often do you have a
Test Consumption screening ... identifies 86% of men ... #AUDITC #Screening
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Adenoma
 • Hyperplasia
 • MEN 1 and 2A
Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperplasia • MEN ... MEN) Drug Side ... Metastatic Bone Disease ... Granulomatous Disease ... Thyrotoxicosis • Paget's Disease