Clinical Case Discussions and Video Conference Archive

Hosted by Dr. Matt Robinson, Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (GGRID) assists health providers in caring for persons with infectious diseases (ID), using case-based instruction to provide accessible, evidence-based, and easy to use information. GGRID takes advantage of experts in global health and infectious diseases to present updated information. All case presentations in this program have been standardized and quality assured in selection, presentation and discussion. Our goal is to publish and build a library of cases within this program to maximize the professional development of our presenters and the infectious disease knowledge of our learners.

Global Grand Rounds in ID (2019-10-23)

Dr. Prya
59 year old man with history of fever and weight loss for 4 weeks, severe headache, vomiting, slurring of speech, right hemiparesis for 2 weeks.

Global Grand Rounds in ID (2019-09-25)

Dr. Girish Balkrishna Kadam
A 17 yrs old Female, student, resident of Western Maharashtra presented with fever with chills, vomiting, yellowish decolourisation of eyes and skin, and altered sensorium, after 3-4 days.

Global Grand Rounds in ID (2019-08-28)

Dr. Sandeep K. Immadisetty
A 65 year old male farmer, resident of western Maharashtra presented to us in a disoriented state, vomiting, loose watery stools, fever with chills, since 3 days.

Global Grand Rounds in ID (2019-07-24)

Dr. Matthew Robinson
A 62 year old man with history of sarcoidosis presents with fever, headache, blurry vision x 3 days.

Global Grand Rounds in ID (2019-06-26)

Dr. Chitra, DNB
13 year boy from Pune reported to a paediatrician with chief complaints of fever & Cough (6 weeks), Chest pain (2 weeks), and Breathlessness (2 weeks).

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2019-05-22)

Dr. Ashish Joshi
24 year old man with history of liver transplant presents with fever, cough, weight loss, and rash for 3 weeks

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2019-04-24)

Dr. Pranit Khandait
25 yo unmarried male, truck driver, resident of Maharashtra, Pune. Fever: 1 month. Tingling sensation in B/L lower limb: 1 month.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2019-03-27)

Dr. Akshay R Kale
A 64 year old man presented with high grade fever, intermittent in nature, associated with chills (15-20 days).

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2019-02-27)

Dr. Matt Robinson
An 18 year old woman with history of Crohn’s disease on adalimumab presents with fever and cough x 2 weeks.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2019-01-23)

Dr. Love Garg
Colleagues at DY Patil Medical College in Pune, India, present this case of a 44 yo male farmer with abdominal pain, yellowish discoloration of eyes and urine, and generalized itching.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-11-28)

Dr. Saleena Vaidya, JR III
40 year female, Farmer, presents with: breathlessness since 2-3 days, chest pain since 1 day (acute onset, severe retrosternal pain radiating to back, associated with sweating

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-10-24)

Dr. Meenu Saharan
A 50-year old female presented with high grade fever x 1 month, Max 103°F, Intermittent with chills and rigors, Predominantly evening rise of temperature.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-09-26)

Dr. Hardik Patel
A 30 year old man presented with: High grade fever, intermittent in nature, associated with chills (15 days); Decreased appetite (10 days)

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-08-23)

Dr Gangadharam Kanchi
28 year old man presents with high grade fever, loose stools, abdominal pain, vomiting, oliguria, irrelevant talk.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-07-25)

Dr. Aniket Premanand Malve JR-3 (Mentor: Dr. H.N. Bhitkar)
54 yo male, HIV+ x 2 yrs complains of loose stools x 3mos, adbominal pain x 2mos, & swelling over right lumbar region x 10days.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-06-27)

Matthew Robinson, MD
A 30 year old man presents with lightheadedness for one day.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-05-23)

Dr. Natasha Chida
- 60 Year old man with a past medical history of HCV of cirrhosis presents with hand pain - Morning of admission had been boating on Chesapeake Bay

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-04-25)

Dr. Shalaka S. Shinde ( JR – III )
A 49 year old male farmer presented with c/o: 15 days of shortness of breath, easy fatigability, dry cough, intermittent fever (100°F)

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-03-28)

R. Bhavin K. Davra
19 year old woman presents with subjective fever X 1.5 months

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-02-28)

Dr. Vikram V. Rode
A 20 year old labourer man presented with: fever with chills X 7 days; headache X 7 days; maculopapular rash over limbs and trunk X 3 days

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2018-01-24)

Dr Aditya C. Aundhakar
A 19 year old college-attending man presented with: Moderate grade fever with chills X 7-10 days, Altered sensorium since morning, No H/O rash, nausea, vomiting, headache.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2017-11-29)

Dr. Kapil Sejpal
History of Presenting Illness: Past-no h/o similar illness in the past, no h/o jaundice in the past; personal-Not contributory; Family-no h/o Tuberculosis in the family.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2017-10-25)

Dr. Akshaya Shewale
19 year-old man living in Pune, India, presents with 5 days of high grade fever with chills, nausea, vomiting, headache.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2017-09-28)

Dr. Madhura Tinaikar and Dr. Shashikala Sangle
A 50 year old male with HIV. not on regular ART admitted with progressive distension of abdomen x 6 months.

Global Grand Rounds in Infectious Diseases (2017-07-20)

Natasha Chida, MD, MSPH
A 45 year old man presents to outpatient clinic with a 6-month history of numbness and weakness in right foot.

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Hosted by Dr. Maunank Shah, this case-based webcast brings together clinicians caring for patients with active tuberculosis to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Participants include clinical TB experts from the Johns Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California—Los Angeles and LA County TB program, Harvard University-Beth Israel, and local and regional health departments.

TB Case Discussion (2014-02-05)

Drs. Maunank Shah and Caitlin Reed
62 yo homeless male presents with cough, NS, anorexia, dyspnea, 15lb wt loss x 3 mos, generalized weakness x 1 wk; found to have Hgb 7.5, stool FOBT+.

TB Case Discussion (2013-12-18)

Drs. Maunank Shah and Caitlin Reed
Twelve year old female from India recently immigrated presents with one week of mild headache and malaise. No fevers, chills, cough, wieght loss, night sweats. Noted to be very irritable with personality changes and went to emergency department.

TB Case Discussion (2013-10-23)

Drs. Caitlin Reed and Maunank Shah
What is your experience with hypercalcemia during TB treatment? Is this a component of IRIS in HIV-infected patients with disseminated TB after initiating ART? Does Vitamin D deficiency put a patient at increased risk for active TB? Is Vitamin D supplementation safe in TB Patients?

TB Case Discussion (2013-09-25)

Drs. Maunank Shah and Caitlin Reed
Issues raised in this session included the usage of flouroquinolone based regimens and management of TB in patients with underlying liver disease and the diagnosis and management of TB relapse.

TB Case Discussion (2013-06-26)

Dr. Maunank Shah
Symptoms/radiography resolved 3 weeks later and no systemic symptoms. Would anyone have started empiric MDR-TB therapy for ‘pleural TB’? LTBI therapy? Regimen? Can we rule out early active TB? Risk of further drug-resistance acquisition if given monotherapy? 'Watchful waiting’?

TB Case Discussion (2013-05-15)

Dr. Maunank Shah
What happened, and why? Paradoxical reaction? Steroid taper too fast? Missed another cause of meningitis, e.g. cocci with negative serology early on? Would you have repeated the LP at this point? When would you consider a surgical intervention? How much steroid should we give now? Is there...

TB Case Discussion (2013-02-25)

Dr. Maunank Shah
Should skin/soft tissue TB abscesses be drained? What is the role of surgical treatment (i.e. pre-vertebral abscess) vs. medical management? How is the duration of steroids for treatment of TB pericarditis modified with HIV and ART usage ?

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