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Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Diagnosis and Management ... the protozoan parasite ... Vector-borne (most ... #Diagnosis #Management
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Trypanosomiasis ... trypomastigotes enter ... in hindgut #Trypanosomiasis ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
African Trypanosomiasis ... trypomastigotes in the vector ... #African #Trypanosomiasis ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis - Caine Criteria ... (2 of 4): • Changes ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Management ... #neurology #nutrition
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Vision changes ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
McDonald diagnostic criteria ... 85% of pts) → Enter ... objective evidence of neurologic ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... diagnosis: months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... histopathologic changes ... Atrophic germinal centers ... TAFRO #diagnosis #management