Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Aplastic Anemia - Overview Who? • M = F • 3 peaks: 1) Childhood 2) 15-25 years 3) >60 years What? • Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... Idiopathic • Infections ... Treatment: ... #oncology #hematology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) What? CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... disease • Infectious ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... infections • ... Hematologic malignancy ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections: •
CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
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
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) What? Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
petechiae) • Frequent infections ... • Parvovirus infection ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
weeks without infection ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH) What? A subset of
rash) • Heart, lung ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... with leukopenia, anemia ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
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