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Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
hypothalamus → fever ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Mannan and glucan components ... Transport to brain ... Pathophysiology #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... ) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... ) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases