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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... AspGM can be also positive ... Diseases Fellows
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... symptoms such as ... and <25% culture positive
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
spine, shoulders, hips ... noninflammatory Signs ... Rheumatologic Disease ... conditions such as ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS ... and tested positive ... duration same as ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Treat if other signs ... cephalosporin, Consider pip-tazo ... ↓ rebleeding, infections ... advanced liver disease ... SBP #diagnosis #management
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Hippocrates in 5 BC as ... chronic liver disease ... which renders bacteria ... dermatology #legs #clinical ... #photo
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS ... (Such As Focal ... patients with positive ... Extrathoracic Disseminated Disease ... • Use until clinical
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
is important, as ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... syndromes such as ... stimulation Clinical ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Kaposi Sarcoma Forms
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial cell cancer with an inflammatory component, which has
multiple heterogenous clinical ... visceral involvement AIDS-related ... Often presents as ... without HIV infection ... has been Infectious