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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... Assays for antinuclear ... antibodies, rheumatoid ... #differential # ... workup #infectiousdiseases
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
cases such as: • SLE ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... Bacterial ○ Viral infection ... affected tissue Treatment ... Polychondritis #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Direct microbial infection ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Antiamphiphysin antibodies ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... fungal stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases