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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... - Differential Diagnosis ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology ... CBC - Leukocytosis ... shows a small, stable ... Coccidioides • Parasite
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... - Compatible syndrome ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... #differential #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... intervention CMC ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mumps, WNV - Parasite ... TB - Spinal abscess ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
, disseminated disease ... mandrillaris #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #infectiousdiseases
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
or disseminated disease ... Acanthamoeba #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #infectiousdiseases