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Measles (Rubeola) 
Clinical 
 • High fever 
 • Cough, Coryza, Conjunctivitis (The 3 C's)
Clinical • High fever ... Complications • Diarrhea ... #Rubeola #3Cs #CCC
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... Diarrhea > 10 days ... Bloody diarrhea, ... fever, abdominal
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Disease by CD4 ... Count: Any CD4 ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... vomiting, and diarrhea ... possible in HIV PARASITIC
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Disease (Screen with CBC ... Lymphoma #Chronic #Diarrhea
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... Symptoms: • Fever ... liver, Dengue fever ... liver abscess • Diarrhea ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
intracellular parasite ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... , Low-grade fever ... Established via stool microscopy
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection (CDI ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... x 10d • 1st CDI ... IDSA 2021 CDI
Strongyloides stercoralis on Microscopy (Duodenal Fluid)

38 year old male truck driver in Buenos Aires.  Kidney
stercoralis on Microscopy ... + dyspnea, No fever ... for diagnosis (microscopy ... The main parasite ... stercoralis #clinical #Microscopy
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... Investigations • Labs: CBC
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Coccidioides • Parasite