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Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Microbial Etiology of Acute ... Pharyngitis - IDSA ... necrophorum - Lemierre’s syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus - CMV ... #diagnosis #differential
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Syndrome Acute ... Retroviral Syndrome ... Presentations: • Opportunistic ... in which case opportunistic ... Cytomegalovirus (CMV
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... • CNS opportunistic ... - Generally >3 cm ... and <25% culture positive ... CNS #Infections #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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HSV, EBV, HH6, CMV ... - Bickerstaff syndrome ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... keratitis, iritis • CMV ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Differential #
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Impairment: • Acute ... Coxsackie, HIV, CMV ... Up: • Chem: CPK ... #Weakness #Differential
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... patients with positive ... serology and CD4 ... Disseminated Disease)—Acute ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... significantly positive ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
point • De Winter syndrome ... continues into tall, positive ... depression ≥ 0.05 mV ... deviation) • Acute ... EKG #diagnosis #differential