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In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
But now the ACC/ ... With treatment, ... in patients who never ... show symptoms or ... signs of heart
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... in the United States ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... : Fever, headache ... : Fever, headache ... altered mental status ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Altered mental status ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... , fever, myalgia ... lesion • CNS infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
The signs and symptoms ... with or without treatment ... , but without treatment ... , the infection ... ) ▪ Malaise, fever
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Manifestations and Treatment ... Presentation: Fever ... General paresis and tabes ... infected without symptoms ... #Syphilis #stages
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... to asymptomatic infection ... exposure to or symptoms ... Neurosyphilis. including tabes ... Tabes dorsalis damages
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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transmission as zoonotic infection ... socioeconomic status ... International travel ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Headache • Fever ... parenchymatous (tabes ... Acute meningeal signs ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... /symptoms or echo ... Hypercoagulable states ... Clinical features: Fever ... large infarct - Infectious