Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 β€’ Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #lesion #pulmonary
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 β€’ Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... β€’ Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening β€’ Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 β€’ Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... - Summary Antinuclear ... Treatment: β€’ ... #Systemic #Lupus ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 β€’ Disease fatal in 10% of
Clinical: β€’ Disease ... polyarthritis β€’ Pulmonary ... exertion β€’ Neurologic ... Subcutaneous nodules, lupus ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 β€’ No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... β€’ CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Infectious Diseases ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 β€’ Morphology
 β€’ Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Summary Sheet ... blastomycosis β€’ Diagnosis ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 β€’ Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
β€’ Immunologic Workup ... β€’ Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening β€’ Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... #management #treatment
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... - Influenza A FUNGAL ... - Systemic Lupus ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology