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Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... Imaging (CXR +/- High ... res CT chest scan ... CBC/diff, Blood and
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... required until immune ... focal neurologic ... enhancement on CT ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
and renal manifestations ... : • Pauci-Immune ... anti-GBM ab, ANA, C3, C4 ... infiltrates) → high ... resolution chest CT
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... regardless of symptoms ... CD4 50 or less: ... • Neurologic: ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... pulmonary infiltrates ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated ... Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
collapse Immune ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... • Caused by immune ... not direct infection
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... • Fever and weight ... res CT) • Exclusion
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial