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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • IRIS might ... and <25% culture positive ... patients with IRIS
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
Early Latent: • Positive ... testing • No symptoms ... first year of infection ... • Gummatous • Nodular ... #signs #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... and Signs: 1. ... Criteria - Either ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... algorithm #management #criteria
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
criteria, but the ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... with severe symptoms
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
hypertension - CNS ... head in dependent position ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... or signs. ... inclusions or positive ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... #symptoms
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms ... #signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... brain lesion • CNS ... infection (e.g. ... #Algorithm #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... symptoms (headache ... Skin lesions • Positive ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... or signs, Cranial ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... #criteria #neurology