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Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections, a common cause ... African tick typhus (caused ... fever - Another cause ... Life-Threatening Causes ... rapid diagnostic tests
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
whispered voice test ... cause unknown) ... ○ Epstein-Barr virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... Herpes zoster virus
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 ... Retinitis (Most common cause
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes ... Herpes zoster, West ... Nile virus - ... Herpes simplex virus
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
findings • Polio Virus ... Fecal-oral route, virus ... shock • Mumps Virus ... • Measles Virus ... • Rubella Virus
Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Brainstem: Listeria, West ... Nile Virus, Eastern ... , Powassan Virus ... , Powassan Virus ... , Nipah Virus, Acute
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... virus, rubella ... virus, Junin virus ... more commonly cause ... #Myocarditis #Causes
Tuberculin Skin Test (Positive Mantoux Test) Result, Reading and Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Positive Mantoux Test ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST ... GrepMed Recommended Text
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 ... Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... Varicella-Zoster virus
The following graph was prepared based on the latest information on Testing for the Diagnosis of
bother doing any tests ... There are NO tests ... that the RNA PCR test ... If the RNA PCR test ... not enough HIV virus