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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
negative culture Brain ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... to a preceding infection ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... hypervirulent), Lemierre's syndrome ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... hypervirulent), Lemierre's syndrome ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... subcutaneous tissues, brain ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... parietal lobes of the brain ... #diagnosis #management
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Taenia solium Infection ... Degenerative: Parasite ... Brain calcifications ... #infectiousdiseases ... Taenia #solium #management
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... Lupus Cerebritis Induction ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management