4 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... cell count <50 ... cell count >50 ... • Cryptococcal ... Opportunistic #Infections #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
cavitation • Cryptococcus ... patient has known cryptococcal ... meningitis • Guidelines ... for most OI • Cryptococcal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fluconazole CRYPTOCOCCUS ... Increased leukocyte count ... level, presence of cryptococcal ... CSF and serum Cryptococcal ... • Sinusitis • Brain
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Cryptococcal meningitis ... Cryptococcal meningitis ... immunocompromised CD4 ... Guidelines recommend ... IUIDfellowship #Cryptococcal