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

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection ... #1 nosocomial infection ... can be community-acquired ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... #Clostridium #Infection
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... Opportunistic Infections ... infections result ... opportunistic infections ... infections typically
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... and treatment can ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
or metastases, Infection ... AQP-2 gene - Acquired ... Treatment is aimed ... Classification #Types #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
and infects the CNS ... early stages of infection ... Diagnosis: MRI ... Findings: • Rule out infectious ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
etiology unknown • Infectious ... Direct microbial infection ... cells: consider infectious ... be ordered • Infectious ... disorders • 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
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... /Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... : • Infection, ... #management #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
equina syndrome (CES ... epidural hematoma • infections ... toon • Spinal infection ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #causes #neurology