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Causes of Vaginal Discharge - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Endometrium
 • Cervix
 • Vulva
 • Vagina
Systemic
Inflammatory: • Crohn's disease ... Collagen vascular disease ... trachomatis • Neisseria
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Sexually Transmitted: Neisseria ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... PFAPA, Kawasaki disease
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Retroviral Syndrome, Neisseria ... disorders: Kawasaki disease
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Fastidious: Neisseria ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... Brucella, Coxiella, Neisseria
Neisseria Meningitidis Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
 • Recommended for all close contacts of patients with invasive meningococcal
Neisseria Meningitidis ... meningococcal disease ... appropriate PPE #Neisseria
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
disseminated microbial disease ... Tuberculosis, Neisseria
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Bone marrow disease ... deficiency • Liver disease ... Von Willebrand disease ... Present): - Neisseria ... Dermatosis: Schamberg Disease
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Menangococcus Neisseria ... Tuberculosis Whipple disease ... Collagen vascular disease
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) - CDC Criteria for Diagnosis

Minimum Criteria (at least one needed for diagnosis):
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... Laboratory evidence of Neisseria ... #Inflammatory #Disease
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... and sepsis - (Neisseria ... insufficiency - Celiac disease ... insufficiency #addisons #disease