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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... #InfectiousDiseases
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
sclerosis Pathophysiology ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... Neurological symptoms ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... within the first 1 ... be present: • AIDS ... decrease in HIV-1 ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... varying degrees of: 1. ... signs and/or symptoms ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections