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Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Worsening of previous neurologic ... or abruptly • CN ... #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... diagnosis and treatment ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... 80% sensitive Tuberculous ... - Hemorrhage, tuberculomas ... Demyelinating disease
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... symptoms (headache ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... management #signs #symptoms
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Syphilis • Tuberculosis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... encephalitis, West ... syndrome (bulbar symptoms ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Pachymeningitis - Differential ... cause different symptoms ... Neurosyphilis • CNS ... tuberculosis: tuberculous ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Organ transplantation ... form (No signs/symptoms ... , positive serology ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... equina syndrome (CES ... • Provocative Tests ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... cirrhosis, or organ ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: •