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Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... mass Sensory Symptoms ... Stabbing) - Negative ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology
Stress Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Abnormal biomechanics, Repetitive impact activities
=> Repetitive subthreshold mechanical loading
=> Bone strain
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to repair => Microscopic ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Pathogenesis and Symptoms ... cause the Positive Symptoms ... thought to cause Negative ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... psychiatry #positive #negative
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... cage cleaning Symptoms ... : • Classic symptoms ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... morulae Signs and symptoms ... Infection #diagnosis #microbiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... back pain - Symptoms ... May have signs/symptoms ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Negative feedback on hypothalamus/pituitary, Decreasing ACTH -> Decr Sex
Findings • Negative ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
circulation creating negative ... pressure => Negative ... #OtitisMedia #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture and microscopy
 - MacConkey agar - Lactose Negative
 - gram negative (often
on culture and microscopy ... agar - Lactose Negative ... - gram negative ... baumanii #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology #
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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fastidious gram-negative ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology