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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal ... Diagnosis and Management ... recent symptomatic genital ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
adrenal infection or disseminated ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... Seizures • Altered mental ... Presentation: • Altered mental ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... General: fever, ... • Heerfordt syndrome ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... Sporotrichosis Syndromes ... cryptococcus • Disseminated ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... Simplex Virus - Genital ... albicans • Epstein Barr ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Strongyloidiasis Treatment
Asymptomatic ± eosinophilia (Very low risk):
 • Diagnostic: Serology, Stool Ova and parasites (O&P) examination
for larvae • Management ... hyperinfection syndrome ... daily x 7 days Disseminated ... • Management: ... strongyloides #parastie #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
chills, headache Disseminated ... cutaneous 5) Disseminated ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management