Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at IUSM

The account for the Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at the Indiana University School of Medicine @IUMedSchool @IUIDFellowship @IUpedsID

[Arturo Casadevall @ACasadevall1]

Blastomycoses cases in Vermont. Quoted in this article about the changing epidemiology of fungal diseases.
https://t.co/OgLyNvmzNi

[Indiana University Infectious Diseases Fellowship @IUIDfellowship]

#weareid Congratulations to our chief fellow Dr Kirsten Prabhudas-Strycker on her Kohler award 🎉 receiving the honor from Dr. Rich Kohler @SamirGu02674263 #idfellow #idfellowship

[Bobbi Pritt, MD @ParasiteGal]

#Parasite Case 736 is up – Found at a daycare facility (!) https://t.co/SI4aFmqCdi Identification? #mayopath #pathology #CrittersOnTwitter #PathBugs

[Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases @MayoClinicINFD]

#IDBR #MayoIDQ
3 wks after an encephalitis syndrome, a woman presents w/ hallucination, paranoia, seizures, orofacial dyskinesias. PE labile hypertension. EEG: extreme delta brush pattern. CSF: 125 lymph and mild elevated protein. MRI brain normal. What is the inciting pathogen?

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

#MicrobeoftheMonth! Who am I?

1) I infect over 10 million people every year.
2) I spread easily through the air.
3) I was discovered by Robert Koch.

Know the answer? Leave a comment below!

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A patient presented with generalized itching and rash for 2 days after eating canned mackerel. Additional symptoms included fever, abdominal pain, painful and swollen hands, and swollen eyes. What is the likely diagnosis? (Image: Dermatology Online Journal) #MedX

[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

New #IDSAGuidelines! IDSA & @SCCM have updated recommendations for evaluating new fever in adult patients in the ICU using GRADE.

Designed for multidisciplinary teams, the guidelines aid in managing critically ill patients.

Learn more: https://t.co/OuRte5YUUK

[IU Indianapolis @IUIndianapolis]

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[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

Here’s a spooky neuro case:

An 18 yo returning traveler presents with encephalopathy. He is unresponsive. LP results pending.

MRI shows symmetric hyperintensities in thalami, brainstem. DWI of the pons reveals this distinctive pattern of restricted diffusion:

Dx?
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[Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins]

🦠Who am I?☂️

This is a tough one...

[CDC @CDCgov]

Handwashing with soap and water is one of the simplest actions we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Make handwashing a healthy habit and teach kids to do the same!

Get involved this #GlobalHandwashingDay: https://t.co/J8ouXEfx93

[Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases @MayoClinicINFD]

Weekend Digest

Name the Pathogen

Five Clues:
1. Environmental rod-shaped bacteria
2. Weight loss, diarrhea, arthralgia
3. Oculofacioskeletal myorrhythmia
4. Macrophages with PAS+ cytoplasmic inclusions
5. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

[WISDOM+ @WISDOMIUSM]

Happy International Women's Day! From WISDOM+ at IUSM, we hope this day is a celebration of women and their achievements (scientific, social, economic, cultural, and political) but also a time of reflection on gender equality and the struggles that remain.

[Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at IUSM @IDSIGatIUSM]

@GabeFilippelli @tilstonlunel @IUMediaSchool Huge thanks to both of you!! We all learned so much last night

[Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at IUSM @IDSIGatIUSM]

A very special and important event is being hosted by us and the Medical Students for a Sustainable Future SIG at @IUMedSchool on Wednesday at 6:30pm on zoom: https://t.co/79Okuymwmc
We hope you can make it! Our amazing speakers are @tilstonlunel @GabeFilippelli and Dr. Relich

[Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases @MayoClinicINFD]

#MayoIDCase #IDBR #MayoIDQ
46M, garbage hauler, immunocompetent
CC: 8 days fever, RUQ pain
PE: jaundice
WBC 10K, AST 307, ALT 404, T bili 5.8, iron 23, ferritin 10,173
CT abdomen (A), liver biopsy (B)
What is your DDx?

[Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at IUSM @IDSIGatIUSM]

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[Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases @MayoClinicINFD]

#MayoIDCase
After returning from Ethiopia, a young woman presents with eosinophilia, dyspnea due to reactive pneumonitis, abdominal bloating with ill-defined liver hypodensities. What is the diagnosis? #MayoIDQ next

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A 78-year-old man with dementia & DM presented with a rash and intense itching over the entire body from the feet to the scalp. Exam noted widespread crusted hyperkeratotic lesions on the trunk, arms & hands. What is the diagnosis & treatment? #Medtwitter https://t.co/vzKwnNxi5O

[Infectious Disease Student Interest Group at IUSM @IDSIGatIUSM]

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