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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Principles of HIV-Associated ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Periventricular regions; associated ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
CAPD-associated ... following): (1) Clinical ... positive (60% CONS ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... Penicillium • BDG is associated ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • ANCA-associated ... and CNS • Headache ... • Transverse Myelitis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Primary form: not associated ... salivary ducts Clinical ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... change in the lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Persistence of clinically ... 3 hours SARS associated ... How long do nosocomial ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #table
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Associated ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... • GCA is associated ... based on clinical ... TREATMENT: • The
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... spherules in the lungs ... nervous system (CNS ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... #Management #infectiousdiseases
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
The diagnosis is ... clinical, and can ... presence of an associated ... Treatment can be ... #physicalexam #