Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... MAC pulmonary disease ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... infiltrates NTM Pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
: • Pulmonary ( ... change in the lungs ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis Summary Who? Infectious: • Pre-existing valvular disease • Prosthetic valve • Congenital heart disease • IV substance use • IV catheter • Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... verrucous) • Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... occlusion that may ... Leukocytosis, anemia
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH) What? A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... rash) • Heart, lung ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... with leukopenia, anemia ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework Who? Infectious: • Pre-existing valvular disease • Prosthetic valve • Congenital heart disease • IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) Suspect: Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
fibromyalgia) • Infections ... erythematosus (NPSLE): • May ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... Chronic B-cell activation
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