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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... CMV infection: virus ... inclusions or positive ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... #differential #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... symptoms such as ... and <25% culture positive
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
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
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
is important, as ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Clinical Presentation ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... younger pts) Differential ... Disorders Such As
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... spine, shoulders, hips ... noninflammatory Signs ... conditions such as ... #Diagnosis #MSK
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
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
cut-offs defined in clinical ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... colonization vs invasive disease ... : - Pip/Tazo ... Clav (may be + as
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