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IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS ... Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis ... (HAV) infection ... (HBV) infection ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management
Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Encephalitis Differential ... Encephalitis Virus ... Encephalitis Virus ... #Differential # ... Location #Tropism #neurology
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS ... Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis ... (HAV) infection ... (HBV) infection ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management
Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
Epilepticus - Management ... or two seizures ... Lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg IV ... #management #treatment ... peds #pediatrics #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Infectious: Meningitis, Encephalitis ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Secondary / Provoked Seizures ... - Differential ... • Sepsis • Encephalitis ... Secondary #Provoked #Seizures ... #Neurology #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
/ AIDS - Differential ... PML, toxoplasmic encephalitis ... complaints or seizures ... CNS #Infections #differential ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... TIA/stroke - Seizure ... abscess. herpes encephalitis ... Mimics #CVA #TIA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... viral meningitis encephalitis ... complications of HIV ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Louis encephalitis ... , West Nile virus ... Herpes Viruses (HSV ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology