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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... #History #HPI #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... Demyelinating disease caused
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... hypertension - CNS ... infection: fever ... in vision, red eye ... thrombophilia, neurologic
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Headache • Fever ... , - History of ... meningeal signs (fever ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Horner syndrome, history ... and signs (e.g., fever ... brain lesion • CNS ... infection (e.g. ... , meningitis)
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculous Meningitis ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... and not direct infection ... ADEM Tuberculous Meningitis ... or abruptly • CN
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... affecting the Brain, Eye ... nervous system (CNS ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
include a: • Neurologic ... Infection or cancer ... auditory nerve (CN ... ) ○ Meningitis ... ○ MS, CVA • Infectious
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Arthralgias • Eye ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... tract, and often causes ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... respiratory symptoms • Fever ... • Cough, fever ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: •