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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 ... #diagnosis
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 ... ) - Acute hepatitis ... #diagnosis #laboratory
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... Diagnosis: • ... management #treatment #neurology
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 ... Brucellosis - Viruses: HIV ... Chikungunya - Herpes virus ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute
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 ... Retinitis (Most common cause
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
(GBS) Acute autoimmune ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... (HIV), and Zika ... virus • Other
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpes simplex virus ... Varicella-zoster virus ... Nile virus (WNV ... Snowshoe Hare virus ... Symptoms: • Acute
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... ○ Epstein-Barr virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... Herpes zoster virus ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... Nile virus) - ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... - Emergency Causes ... cord infarct • HIV ... Tethered cord • Guillain-Barre ... #causes #neurology