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

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... dentition/gingival disease ... Pathophysiology ... loss • Late disease ... Coccidioides • Parasite
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
Pott's Disease in ... cases Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... Brudzinski's sign ... While the pathophysiology ... commonly used to assess ... despite severe disease
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... disc • Epidural abscess ... Mumps, WNV - Parasite ... TB - Spinal abscess ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
encephalitis, abscess ... collagen vascular diseases ... tuberculosis, parasitic ... polycystic kidney disease ... headache #redflags #signs
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
, disseminated disease ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
or disseminated disease ... , disseminated disease ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases