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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... • IRIS might ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... and <25% culture positive ... patients with IRIS
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Confusion, visual symptoms ... Zoster flare, ocular ... with severe symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... symptoms (headache ... Skin lesions • Positive ... management #signs #symptoms
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... pain • Extra-CNS ... complications (AQP4-positive ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... ): • In HIV+, usually ... or abruptly • CN ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... differential #TB #neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
patient to fix his ... Supports the patient ... Vertiginous symptoms ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... Retinal Detachment: Symptoms ... • Myopia • Cataract ... Retinal breaks • Positive ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... of shoulder and hip ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Progressive symptoms ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Inhalation of spores ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... infection have positive