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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus infection ... • >50,000 HIV infections ... antibody and HIV p24 antigen ... exposure: HIV p24 antigen ... ART to slow HIV disease
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial Lung Disease ... intersitial space Infection ... reaction to inhaled antigen ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Gravis, Graves' Disease ... Immunological Target: Antigen-Ab ... Arthritis, Post-infectious
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
of underlying disease ... straw-colored yellow, infection ... culture bottles (infection ... LDH (malignancy, infection ... , cytology/CEA antigen
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Opportunistic Infections ... opportunistic infections ... Demyelinating disease ... CSF cryptococcal antigen
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Direct microbial infection ... mimicry or super-antigen ... mediated disease ... Pallidum - Lyme Disease ... MCTD - Bechet disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasma urinary antigen ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... of cryptococcal antigen ... 40% Invasive Disease
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... Hepatitis B surface antigen ... present) - These infections ... of glomerular disease
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... Hepatitis B surface antigen ... present) - These infections ... of glomerular disease ... #glomerular #disease
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious
appearances of pulmonary disease ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections