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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... Purpura Anti-GBM antibodies ... #rheumatology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs • Emboli Systemic ... Malignancy Rapidly Progressive ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM antibodies
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Behcet Disease - Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... anti-ganglioside antibody ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Central nervous system ... Detects both HIV antibody ... HIV-1 or HIV-2 antibodies ... IgM-sensitive HIV-1 antibody ... slow HIV disease progression
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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proteinuria, rapidly progressing ... GN • New pulmonary ... tract, and often causes ... purpura: strong sign ... C-ANCA) pattern: antibodies