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Aquired Imminodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Defining Illnesses

#AIDS #Defining #Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Imminodeficiency Syndrome ... Illnesses #AIDS ... #Defining #Illnesses ... #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... due to HIV #AIDS ... #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List ... #Differential
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Insufficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Fungal • HIV ... /AIDS Hemorrhagic ... Thrombophilia • Critical illness
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... HCPS): Febrile illness ... + ARDS like findings ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... Influenza like illnesses ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
/ AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... CNS #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... initiation and onset of illness ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
NTM Cause Many Illnesses ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Weight Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Malignancy ... lymphoma) - Treatment ... disorders Infections: HIV ... /AIDS, Tuberculosis