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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... response preceding infection ... • Weakness: mild ... Clinical Features ... #treatment #neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain ... Features Required for Guillain-Barré ... Symmetric involvement, Mild ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... #neurology #neuropathy
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Infection: • ... Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... Washington University ID ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology, screening/diagnosis, clinical syndromes, treatment, and other notes

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile
microbiology, screening/diagnosis ... , clinical syndromes ... , treatment, and ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... can vary from mild ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Barre #Syndrome ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
important, as early diagnosis ... and treatment can ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #diagnosis
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) summary
Classifications
Transmission
Diagnosis
Clinical syndromes

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious
Clinical syndromes ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections # ... #mycobacteria #diagnosis
Adenovirus in solid organ transplant recipients
- Micro/Epi
- Definitions
- Clinical 
- Treatment

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via
Definitions - Clinical ... - Treatment By ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID ... #Infections #Virus ... Adenovirus #Adeno #Diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Differential Diagnosis ... toon • Spinal infection ... Tethered cord • Guillain-Barre ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #causes #neurology