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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Infections in HIV ... OIs in pts with HIV ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... #Signs #Manifestations ... #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
infection Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Low-grade fever ... insufficiency, fever ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... General: fever, ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... run-down or tired • Fevers ... Nasal polyps and signs ... • Pulmonary artery ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Coronary arteries - Fever ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... purpura: strong sign ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... purpura: Strong sign ... and branches • Fever ... • Progressive symptoms
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... diagnosis #management #pulmonary
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Headache • Fever ... Acute meningeal signs ... (fever, nuchal