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"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
Disease Control and Prevention ... for the Diagnosis ... of HIV Infection ... #Testing #HIV #CDC ... #InfectiousDisease
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
• Choroidal infections ... seen with lower CD4 ... Blurry #vision #HIVAIDS ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Laboratory Diagnosis ... joint effusion • Laboratory ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
Recommendations for Preventing ... patients with CD4 ... health-care provider diagnosis ... herpes zoster, laboratory ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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epidural hematoma • infections ... Differential Diagnosis ... toon • Spinal infection ... around the anus Laboratory ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory ... • Preventing exacerbations ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #infectiousdiseases
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Capillary leak syndrome ... Laboratory features ... disease flares: • Prevention ... , treatment of infections ... #diagnosis #management