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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... negative culture Brain ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Culture #Negative #Abscess ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
demyelination), Infectious ... viral meningitis encephalitis ... Neoplasm-related (brain ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... (fungal, TB, parasitic
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
• Neoplastic Abscess ... Involvement - Brain ... • Neoplastic Abscess ... Involvement - Infection ... Meningitis • Encephalitis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Tumor, Traumatic brain ... injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... , Brain Abscess,
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
of Skin + Eye infections ... tuberculosis, M. abscessus ... , M. leprae • Parasitic ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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PML, toxoplasmic encephalitis ... Toxoplasmic Encephalitis ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Cytomegalovirus Encephalitis ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections ... Diagnosis Framework Infections ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... febrilepodcast #Brain ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... febrilepodcast #Brain ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases