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Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Viruses: HSV (reactivation ... Viruses: HSV (reactivation ... ), VZV (reactivation ... ), CMV (reactivation ... #differential #diagnosis
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
Acute, Chronic and Reactivation ... Southern Cone Reactivation ... Acute #Chronic #Reactivation ... #Diagnosis #Table
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
coinfection, toxo reactivation ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
HBV Reactivation Risk in IBD on Immunosuppression Algorithm
Risk of Reactivation
High Risk: >10% Risk
 • HBsAg+ /
HBV Reactivation ... Algorithm Risk of Reactivation ... Waseem_AhmedMD #HBV #Reactivation ... Immunosuppression #Algorithm #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... decrease the risk for reactivation ... sputum • Improves diagnostic ... Tuberculosis #Testing #Diagnosis
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Hepatitis B - Diagnosis ... absent the risk of reactivation ... HBV #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... infections result from reactivation ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... congenital disease, reactivation ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis