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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal ... diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae ... recent symptomatic genital ... #Infection #gonorrhea ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
most common non-gonnococcal ... Always consider N. gonorrhoeae ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Differential Diagnosis ... Fastidious: Neisseria gonorrhoeae ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Fever and Rash - Diagnostic ... , Disseminated gonococcal ... angiomatosis, Sweet syndrome ... Rash #Febrile #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Schema #InfectiousDiseases
Lemierre’s Syndrome - Pathophysiology

Lemierre’s is an infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein.

 - It starts
Lemierre’s Syndrome ... - Pathophysiology ... #Lemierres #Syndrome ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Altered mental ... Presentation: • Altered mental ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... at the time of diagnosis ... General: fever, ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... catheter • Recent dental ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
Serotonin Syndrome ... Findings Serotonin Syndrome ... make a clinical diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis