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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... antibiotics as a cause ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Pathophysiology ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... #differential #causes ... #management #treatment
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Coronavirus • HIV ... Skin Infection Abscess ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Sickle Cell disease
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... biopsy if: • Negative
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... Septic emboli cause ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Treat underlying cause ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia is usually caused ... Assess volume status ... demyelination syndrome ... through a peripheral IV ... vaptans (HF/liver disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Hepatitis - Management Algorithm ... exclude other causes ... - Concomitant diseases ... HIV, TB - Multiorgan ... Hepatitis #Management #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... , HIV, CMV, HTLV ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... differential #algorithm
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases