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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Opportunistic Infections ... Changes - Neuro Deficits ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #Diagnosis #HIV ... #Signs #Manifestations
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Homonymous field defect ... Limb apraxia Occipital ... #Localization #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Demyelinating disease ... : AMS, motor deficits ... Infections in HIV ... #CNS #Infections
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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of nonspecific symptoms ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... disease progression ... #diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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history of cancer, HIV ... • Neurological deficits ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... brain lesion • CNS ... infection (e.g.
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... endemic area) ± HIV ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... sarcoid or other CNS
SNOOP Mnemonic for Headache Red Flags 🚩

S	Systemic symptoms or disease - Fever, weight loss, HIV/cancer
N	Neurologic symptoms
or disease - Fever ... , weight loss, HIV ... confusion, focal deficits ... RedFlags #Headache #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... regardless of symptoms ... or signs. ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... #symptoms
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Lyme disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... and not direct infection ... or abruptly • CN ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis