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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... / CT if focal symptoms ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... / CT if focal symptoms ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Antimicrobial treatment ... CD4 Variable • Symptoms ... disorders • Symptoms ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Manifestations and Treatment ... the absence of treatment ... ulcerated • MSK ... infected without symptoms ... Treatment:
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... consistent with MS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... Direct microbial infection ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Predictive of MS ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... Chronic pulmonary symptoms ... Rheumatologic symptoms ... Blastomycosis Symptoms ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Taenia solium Infection ... prior to onset of symptoms ... Orbital/Ocular Treatment ... NCC #parasites #infectiousdiseases
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
period (time from infection ... to symptom onset ... laboratories • Treatment ... specific proven treatment ... management #virus #infectiousdiseases