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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
50 or less: • Neurologic ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... AIDS #diagnosis #differential ... #signs #symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... of the spiral arteries ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: Strong sign ... , neurologic, and ... • Progressive symptoms ... tract, and often causes
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... #Signs #Symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... tract, and often causes ... , obstructive pulmonary ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... required due to skip ... #Management
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... organism into the skin ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Mouth, throat, skin ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management