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Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... response to a fungal ... ringworm infection ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... Fungemia is uncommon Diagnosis ... Aspergillus #IA #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Disease (KD) - Diagnosis ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... Diagnostic Criteria ... #pediatrics #diagnossi ... #management #treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Diagnosis and ... shunting • * Diagnosis ... : At cirrhosis diagnosis ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... autoantibodies that will cause ... permeability Diagnosis ... cerebritis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #differential #diagnosis
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... devices, especially infants ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
factor PRES Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis ... consideration of other diagnoses ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology