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CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... • Gram stain: Positive
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Early and Late Clinical ... not common) • Laboratory ... SSX (lymphocytic meningitis ... Disease #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... lesions, aseptic meningitis ... ), MCC CNS symptoms ... Skin lesions • Positive ... diagnosis #management #signs
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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IRIS might ... should be based on clinical ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... and <25% culture positive ... patients with IRIS
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... complications (AQP4-positive ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology ... #symptoms #signs
Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease - Borreliosis
Erythema migrans
 - 3-32 days (median: 7-10 days)
Clinical Manifestations ... findings, Lyme serology ... to months - Meningitis ... Borreliosis #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Timeline
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... Sufficient segment ... Biopsies remain positive
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Semont Liberatory ... shoulder down position ... #Semont #Liberatory ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Semont Liberatory ... shoulder down position ... #Semont #Liberatory ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... infection (~40%) • Meningitis ... infection have positive