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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
blood cultures should ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... joints, knees, wrists
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Neuro - Aseptic Meningitis ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... test is capable ... #HIV #diagnosis
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... Infection or cancer ... ) ○ Meningitis ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
of pathway and is ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... Areas of diagnostic ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... Temporal arteritis should ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
lesions, aseptic meningitis ... +/- myocardial infarction ... Positive pathergy test ... (this is a skin ... prick test that
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... the following should ... : ART should be ... Corticosteroids should ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
and/or aseptic meningitis ... and nephrotic syndrome ... to asymptomatic infection ... roots, causing a syndrome ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
pressure and cranial ultrasound ... a late sign of meningitis ... Down syndrome is ... When the diagnosis ... best seen on the
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
weird joints (shoulders ... , MCP or shoulder ... concomitant infection ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... headache, mimicking meningitis