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BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... Non-inflammatory Causes ... Immune-mediated ... infections • Herpes ... MRI lesions and clinical
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... ischemia • DDx: HZV ... CNS inflammatory cause ... ) • EMG/NCS (rare ... patch alone may be
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
a problem list here ... hyponatremia, AKI, etc ... esp in work-up/management ... anything they've been ... Admissions #ICU #Pearls
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
year • Bimodal peaks ... activation of an immune ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
based on clinical ... required until immune ... antiretroviral therapy Herpes ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR nearly ... Demyelinating disease caused
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... can be directed ... transplantation CLINICAL ... with walking to nearly ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... infections are caused ... impaired cellular immune ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... contagiosum • Herpes ... Barr Virus • Herpes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... responsible for most cases ... macular or papular; Alopecia ... uncommon, gummas have been ... stages #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Pathophysiology: • Immune ... with walking to nearly ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management