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Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... • Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... Diseases Fellows
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... infection, Endophthalmitis ... , Endocarditis, ... , Disseminated infection ... #Management #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... on clinical presentation ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... #Neurology
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 ... • Most common infection ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
to an existing infection ... opportunistic infection ... an unrecognized infection ... drug-resistant infection ... opportunistic infection
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Direct microbial infection ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
50% in chronic infection ... infection • Cough ... infection (~40% ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... #Management #Infections