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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... -cell count is less ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophils < 1% ... white blood cell count ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology #basophils
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
• Severe: Only 1% ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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during transient CD4 ... + T-cell count can ... Leukocyte-lymphocyte subset counts ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
East and Latin America ... antigen-specific CD4 ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
(CDI) - Diagnosis ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Treatment: • ... #management #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
most common causes ... more than one cause ... of underlying disease ... Routine tests: Cell count ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... ) is an infectious ... disease caused ... #Management #Treatment