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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease caused ... rapidly progressive encephalopathy ... vomiting, visual changes ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... axonal form • MRI ... worse outcome #GuillainBarre ... management #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Seizures • Vision changes ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... the underlying cause