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C5-C9 Deficiency - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Note:
 • Risk of invasive meningococcal disease is 1000-10000x higher
other gram (-) infections ... • Clinical meningitis ... pathogens Bacterial infection ... systemic Neisseria infection ... C5C9Deficiency #Complement #pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of meningitis 

Risk factors for pathogen entry include immunocompromised state (HIV positive, cancer, chemotherapy patients,
Pathogenesis of meningitis ... site-specific infections ... complications and clinical ... features of meningitis ... #Meningitis #Pathophysiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... weeks for acute infection ... River valleys • Infection ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Pathogenesis and clinical ... resolution of infection ... -> Petrositis (infection ... inflammation or infection ... cortical bone -> Meningitis
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Intracranial Infection ... parenchymal abscess, meningitis ... Cholesteatoma #MiddleEar #pathophysiology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... treatment • TB meningitis ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... typhoid fever • Infectious ... #Indications #infections
Non-infective endocarditis Characteristics and Pathophysiology

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Characteristics and Pathophysiology ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... Endocarditis #Cardiac #Pathophysiology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Organ Specific Infection ... Respiratory Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Pyelonephritis • Meningitis ... • Skin Infection
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... - Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... disease Viral Infection ... Enterovirus Other Infection