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Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... Amenorrhea - Differential ... positive progesterone challenge ... Radiation • Infection ... #Differential #
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess - Differential ... antibiotics as a cause ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Coxiella burnetii • Fungal ... #cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... Pathophysiology and Differential ... • Toxic • Infectious ... Pathophysiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Transplant Infections ... #Transplant #Infections ... #Timeline #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... abscess (bacterial, fungal ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential ... Diagnosis #neurology #radiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... #differential # ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... , SARS-COV • Fungi ... #Causes #Adrenal ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Infectious Etiologies ... Treponema pallidum • Fungal ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential ... mandrillaris • Fungi ... - And, in rare cases ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases