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CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential ... • Common clinical ... Develops in the immune ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #meningitis #encephalitis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... present: • AIDS ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... IRIS (exception: encephalitis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential ... based on clinical ... required until immune ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... activation of an immune ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
cells are the immune ... can become pro-inflammatory ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... conditions listed in differential