Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal infections ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Acute Disseminated Infection ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... Lyme Disease - Neurologic ... Disease #Stages #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 β€’ Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Diagnosis ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... β€’ Secondary to Treatment
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 β€’ Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 β€’ Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 β€’ Endemic
Endemic treponemal infection ... Invasive mold infection ... Trigeminal trophic syndrome ... Central #Lesions #infections ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
: Bacterial infections ... , Viral infections ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... #nephrology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 β€’ Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... this morphology Treatment ... Aspergillus #IA #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 β€’ Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... can be either infectious ... or non-infectious ... #nephrology #interpretation ... #diagnosis