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Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
Causes of Enuresis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Non-neurogenic (Hinman ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
into the skin) Human ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
fraction; HIV, human ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
sporozoites) Human ... Ruptured schizont 5) Human ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Transmitted from human-to-human ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... Adenovirus - RSV - Human ... Coronavirus - Human ... #Microbiology #Causes ... #Agents #Diagnosis
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease) Other • Human ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Fabry's Disease, Nieman-Pick ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis ... #Causes #differential
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Herpesviruses (human ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... and C viruses, human ... Erythema #Nodosum #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis