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Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Brainstem: Listeria, West ... Encephalitis Virus ... Encephalitis Virus ... , Nipah Virus, Acute ... Location #Tropism #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpes simplex virus ... Nile virus (WNV ... Hare virus - ... Symptoms: • Acute ... #neurology #meningitis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
double-stranded DNA virus ... CMV infection: virus ... pp65 antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... : Encephalitis,
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 ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus ... days or weeks • Virus ... • Epstein-Barr virus ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious Knee ... Chikungunya - Herpes virus ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute
Hepatitis B Virus Serology and Interpretation
HBsAg - Anti-HBs - Anti-HBc - HBeAg - Anti-HBe
 - Acute
Hepatitis B Virus ... - Anti-HBe - Acute ... (about 10% of cases ... less commonly, infection ... Interpretation #diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Herpes Simplex Virus ... Demyelinating disease caused ... by the JC virus ... • JC-virus PCR
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infection or cancer ... ○ Epstein-Barr virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... Herpes zoster virus
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... HIV), and Zika virus ... and sensitive tests