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Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Candiduria ... endocarditis, meningitis ... #diagnosis #management ... #fungemia #management ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Epidemiology • Signs ... and Symptoms ... Transmission • Differential ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Comparison of vaginal infections characterized by abnormal discharge

#diagnosis #management #table #signs #symptoms #comparison #differential
#diagnosis #management ... #table #signs # ... symptoms #comparison ... #differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... CNS #Infections #differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms ... /signs, bidirectional ... Infection • Meningitis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... • Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... infection (e.g., meningitis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... status changes - Meningitis ... #headache #signs ... #symptoms #clues ... #differential #
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... - Autonomic symptoms ... photophobia • Meningitis ... meningeal irritation signs ... Photophobia in viral meningitis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
lesions, aseptic meningitis ... ), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... eg, furnaces) Meningitis ... Previous chronic meningitis ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential