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MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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MonkeyPox Virus ... • Treatment ... #management #virus ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr ... virus, Echovirus ... #differential #diagnosis ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Individuals
Induction therapy:
 • AmBd (0.7–1.0
IDSA Treatment Recommendations ... Immunodeficiency Virus ... Meningoencephalitis #IDSA ... #Treatment #management ... #cryptococcus #HIVAIDS
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus • Epstein-Barr ... virus • Parvovirus ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr ... virus), Hepatitis ... Immunological Syndromes ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Parainfluenza Virus ... Echo), Epstein Barr ... Acute Head Cold Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA ... necrophorum - Lemierre’s syndrome ... Herpes simplex virus ... #Pharyngitis #IDSA ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Echovirus Epstein-Barr ... infarction (Dressler syndrome ... Postpericardiotomy syndrorne ... Scleroderma Sjögren syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis