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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... lung disease (GLILD ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... DDX - Other causes ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... ab • RF • Antinuclear ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis #Management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... tuberculosis, Blastomycosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... • CT: Halo sign ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS ... symptoms • Rheumatologic ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Infections