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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... • Endocrine: Infectious
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... associated with viral infections ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic: ... Altered #Mental #Status ... #Causes
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Most comrnon CNS infection ... patients with AIDS ... Altered mental status ... • Seizure Management ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... altered mental status ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Gastrointestinal infection ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... Hydroxychoroquine - Statins ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... feel weak": • Infectious ... Myopathy: Drugs (statin ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
and Mycoplasma infections ... treatment for herpes virus ... or HIV/AIDS, diuretics ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #calculus
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... associated with infection ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... history • Smoking status ... #differential #diagnosis