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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Opportunistic ... • CNS opportunistic ... Antimicrobial treatment ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Pathophysiology ... Clinical Features ... GQ1b IgG Antibody associated ... #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... than one after symptom ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... pleural effusions, CNS ... tenderness, and peripheral ... Other Pathogens Associated ... albicans • Epstein Barr
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... • Depressive symptoms ... Diagnosis: MRI ... disorder #dementia #AIDS ... #Neurology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Primary form: not associated ... salivary ducts Clinical ... : • Central nervous ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
fluctuations PRES-Associated ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... • Treatment of ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptomsRheumatologic ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology