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Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
Infections in Immunocompromised ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Solid Organ Transplant ... Immunocompromised #Infections ... #differential #diagnosis
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... seen in: - (post) infection ... gren - Post transplant ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
Diarrhea in a transplant ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #Diarrhea #Transplant
Cardiac Transplant Complications Timeline
First 30 days: Primary Graft failure
6 mo-1 year: Opportunistic infections
1-5 years: Acute allograft
Cardiac Transplant ... Opportunistic infections ... BrighamMedRes #Cardiac #Transplant ... Heart #allograft #cardiology
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Transplant Infections ... Timeline Pre-transplant ... Protozoa: T. gondii #Transplant ... #Infections #Timeline ... #differential #diagnosis
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

WARM AHA
- Primary - Idiopathics
- Secondary
Infectious
 • Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV, HEV
 •
- Secondary Infectious ... Hematopoietic stem cell transplant ... • Solid organ Transplant ... - Secondary Infectious ... #Anemia #AIHA #Diagnosis
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
in Post-Renal Transplant ... the postrenal transplant ... : Secondary to infections ... Hematuria #Renal #Transplant ... #differential #diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
: • Recurrent infections ... Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... Consider stem cell transplant ... • If no transplant ... Aplastic #Anemia #diagnosis
Classification of oral lesions in transplant patients
Infectious:
 • HSV infection
 • VZV virus infection
 • Epstein-Barr
oral lesions in transplant ... patients Infectious ... : • HSV infection ... oral #lesions #transplant ... #mouth #diagnosis
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary
Following Stem Cell Transplant ... - Pulmonary infections ... with autologous transplant ... engraftment): - Infectious ... tissue disorders #Diagnosis