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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... : • Non-Infectious ... take 48 hrs for infections ... (C diff) • Hospital-Acquired ... Infection: IV catheter
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... nosocomial infection ... can be community-acquired ... #Clostridium #Infection
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
or metastases, Infection ... uropathy, Metabolic causes ... Treatment is aimed ... Classification #Types #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... 50% in nec fasc Diagnostic ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... IVIG 1g/kg on day 1, ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and treatment can ... : • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... weeks for acute infection ... clinical forms: 1) ... fever • Septic shock
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Opportunistic Infections ... opportunistic infections ... opportunistic infections ... and some infections
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections ... : 1. ... manifestations of Fusarium infection ... require enucleation Infectious ... ID_fellows #Fusarium #Infections
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 ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... organ dysfunction caused ... host response to infection ... SEPTIC SHOCK is ... recognition and treatment