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Key Pathogens to Consider in Asplenia
 - Encapsulated bacteria
    • S. pneumoniae
to Consider in Asplenia ... • Neisseria meningitidis ... #Pathogens #microbiology ... #infections #differential ... #diagnosis
Asplenia and Infections - Important Pathogens:
 • Encapsulated bacteria: Strep pneumo, Neissera meningitidis, Capnocytophaga, H.flu, Bordetella
Asplenia and Infections ... pneumo, Neissera meningitidis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Asplenia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Microbiology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... infection (e.g., meningitis ... #Differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
lesions, aseptic meningitis ... CNS symptoms (headache ... disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
status changes - Meningitis ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... , meningitis, encephalitis ... symptoms #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Acute bacterial meningitis ... Crohn disease • Behcet ... • Tuberculous meningitis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... later stage) • Headache ... • Papilledema, headache ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential #
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
eg, furnaces) Meningitis ... Previous chronic meningitis ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... signs #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Diagnosis Framework ... vision changes, headaches ... • Bacterial meningitis ... polychondritis • Behçet ... brain sagging syndrome
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... following symptoms: headache ... #diagnosis