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3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
3 Stages of Lyme ... Acute Disseminated Infection ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... Lyme #Disease #Stages ... #InfectiousDiseases
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner ... Altered mental status ... lesion • CNS infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... in the United States ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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altered mental status ... , and focal neurologic ... confusion, and focal neurologic ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... factors: - Serology ... Histopathology with special stains ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status ... Postoperative status ... NTM Pearls: • Corneal ... immunocompromised status ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... socioeconomic status ... cayetanensis #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... • Weakness: Starts ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
iron overload states ... by culture or serology ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management