Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) What? CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... • Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
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
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment
Cold Agglutinin Disease 3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies: 1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD) 2. Donath-Landsteiner
symptoms - most common ... • Symptoms of anemia ... • hemolytic anemia ... disease #hemolytic #anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis
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 Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... dyspnea • (Less common ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #Infections #HIV ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Epidemiology: • Most common ... weeks without infection ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... #hematology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework Primary Otalgia - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... otalgia Most Common ... otalgia Most Common ... subdural hematoma, lung ... Otalgia #Ear #Pain #Otology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) What? Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
petechiae) • Frequent infections ... Most common cytopenia ... • Parvovirus infection ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
droppings • Most common ... Histoplasmosis Treatment ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
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