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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #KSHV #HHV
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #KSHV #HHV ... #KICS #Kaposi
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
demyelination), Infectious ... Systemic: Systemic infection ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Degenerative, NPH, Infectious
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... #differential #
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome ... if present Infectious ... Inflammatory #Cytokine #Syndrome ... #Kaposi #diagnosis ... #management #hhv8
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... • Drugs • HIV ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... #Differential #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
to an existing infection ... opportunistic infection ... an unrecognized infection ... drug-resistant infection ... , HHV8 - Worsening
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Vasculitis • Infectious ... Myeloma/amyloid • Infectious ... Polymyositis • Immune ... amiodarone, Alcohol • Infections ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... jejuni • Other infections ... intensive care unit (ICU ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... and not direct infection ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology