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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
of Antibiotic Failure ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... Tissue penetration (CNS ... , prostate, ocular
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... dermatitidis CNS ... mandrillaris • Fungi ... Meningitis - Liver failure ... - Kidney failure
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... this morphology Treatment ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #fungal
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... week to assess ocular ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... meningitis), MCC CNS ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... collaboration • CNS ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
of multiorgan failure ... nervous system (CNS ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Symmetric macular ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... and acute renal failure ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... stages #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
thyroid, Sjogren syndrome ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... acute respiratory failure ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management