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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Summary Acute AIDP ... response preceding infection ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... headache, altered mental ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... allopurinol), Infection ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #nephrology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... to a preceding infection ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
• Malignancy Infectious ... Tuberculosis • Epstein-Barr ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease Neurologic ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
requires special media ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... - PCR for ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... : • Infection, ... • EEG: With persistent ... #neurology
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
pyogenic process • PCR ... commercially • Serology ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... a few months (median ... albicans • Epstein Barr
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... vasculitis vs infection ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM