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Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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feel weak": • Infectious ... : Influenza, EBV ... illness, Infection ... ↓, Malignancy, Infection ... #Diagnosis #causes
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... Clinical Presentation ... Check For: • Infections ... Polyclonal IgM post infectious
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Opportunistic Infections ... opportunistic infections ... opportunistic infections ... and some infections
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
etiology unknown • Infectious ... Direct microbial infection ... cells: consider infectious ... be ordered • Infectious ... disorders • Infections
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Causes: 1. ... Infections: - ... spread - Fungal: Actinomyces
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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control of the infection ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... bronchus • Chest CT ... Broncholithiasis - Infectious ... Endobronchial Infection
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
cyst in the right lobe ... Hydatid disease is caused ... definitive host; the infection ... #clinical #NEJM ... hepatic #radiology #CT
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Common clinical ... rav7ks #CNS #Infections ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Factors For NTM Infections ... status NTM Cause ... • Disseminated infections ... : Chronic lung infections
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... of PCN allergy ... Lung Abscess Differential