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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... effect/Edema • EBV ... #Infections #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... symptoms (headache ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome (CAS ... Viral Infection Clinical ... (Cold-induced symptoms ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... and treatment can ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... or serologies + symptoms ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #treatment
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Hyperthyroidism Overview Clinical ... immunoglobulin (TSI ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... #differential # ... endocrinology #signs #symptoms
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms ... isointense signal on DWI ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... chest pain (LR + NS ... aeruginosa Clinical ... #Management #treatment