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Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness ... brief interval symptom ... • Fever • Headache ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... #Phases #Diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... sweat Heat Injury ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... sensations - Headache ... #causes #stroke
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... mental status • Headache ... Neurological symptoms ... the underlying cause ... until cause identified
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Powassan, louping ill ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... influenzae Symptoms ... #neurology #meningitis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Similar symptoms ... Mild LFT ↑ This ... myalgias/arthralgias, headache ... Specific organ injury ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... gradually with symptoms ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Improvement in symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... - Pleocytosis: Mild ... • Infectious causes