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CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Encephalitis: MCC ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Common clinical ... in 70%-85% • Negative ... Monocytogenes or gram negative
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Viral Infection Clinical ... for anti-C3d and negative ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH
Acute Varicocele Revealing Renal Cancer - Examination of the scrotum revealed an enlarged varicose vein along
Panel B, arrows) #Clinical ... #Honc #RCC #Varicocele ... #Scrotal #NEJM
Dual Antithrombotic Therapy with Dabigatran after PCI in Atrial Fibrillation (RE-DUAL PCI trial) - Shown is
Dabigatran after PCI ... point of major or clinically ... warfarin (Panel A) #EBM ... TripleTherapy #PCI ... AtrialFibrillation #NEJM
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Other +s: PCP, Histo ... Almost always negative ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... IA PPV NPV ... >90% (In most clinical
Chest radiography showed perihilar opacities in both lungs with free air in the mediastinum (Panel A,
#Clinical #PCC # ... IM #EM #Pneumomediastinum ... #Influenza #NEJM