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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
vomiting, auditory symptoms ... symptoms/signs, ... nystagmus - Infection ... • Meningitis ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... culture or by serology ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... lesion • CNS infection ... (e.g., meningitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
resolution of infection ... cortical bone -> Meningitis ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #otology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
inflammation/ infection ... Incontinence #Mixed #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Direct microbial infection ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
dysregulation -> Bacterial infection ... emptying - Voiding Symptoms ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Hydrocele: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Non-communicating:
 - Localized infection or trauma
 - Previous varicocelectomy or inguinal surgery
- Localized infection ... #Hydrocele #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Urology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary, systemic or meningitic ... by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... (~40%) • Meningitis ... Diagnosis: • Serology