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Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... Further diagnostics ... should be guided by clinical ... the underlying disease ... The treatment strategy
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... • Vasculitis (e.g ... #differential #causes
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... : • Based on clinical ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... - Improves clinical
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... immunosuppression (eg ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
with or without treatment ... , but without treatment ... resembling rashes caused ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... fever, malaise, chills ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Lumbar Puncture, EEG ... Treatment:
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... presentations and disease ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... and less common diseases ... and treatment can ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... MRI lesions and clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough, chills ... has five major clinical ... Cough, fever, chills ... fungal stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases