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Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... coccobacillus within the RBCs ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... diagnosis #management #Bartonella
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... unique or multiple inflammatory ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... maintenance with GCs ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... sarcoid or other CNS inflammatory ... cause) • EMG/NCS ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... Chagoma: inflammatory ... the absence of treatment ... symptoms, positive serology ... Tests - check Acute
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... nervous system • Inflammatory ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... symptoms) • Acute ... #treatment #MS
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... worsening of that disease ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Herpes simplex • Bartonella ... Calmette-Guérin (BCG
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
and can activate inflammatory ... Monoarticular inflammatory ... Chronic CPP Crystal Inflammatory ... Synovial Fluid: • WBCs ... Pseudogout: Treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Congenital heart disease ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Culture Negative: • Bartonella ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
presented to the urology ... been treated for acute ... had completed treatment ... diverticulitis, inflammatory ... bowel disease,