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Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... #Infectious #Causes ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential # ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... Infarction • Stable ... Herpes Simplex Virus ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... #Hypertension #Differential ... Screening #Workup #table
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... vision or black spots ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... paralysis but spares ...  West Nile virus ... paralysis but spares
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
, Dengue virus, ... Yellow fever virus ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
, Dengue virus, ... Yellow fever virus ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease caused ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... roots, is a hot spot ... endemic fungi cause ... Soil #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases