19 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART in HIV ... TB and CD4 cell ... TB and CD4 cell ... of starting OI treatment ... Opportunistic #Infections #management
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... PCR sputum, PCP ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... • 10-20% of HIV-infected ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... #Management
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Diagnosis: Quantitative ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... and CD4 50 or less ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... association with PJP/TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Neurosyphilis - Treponema pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm
Lumbar Puncture Indications:
 • Neuro / Ocular symptoms
 • HIV
Ocular symptoms • HIV ... (esp low CD4 count ... ) • Treatment ... : IV PCN G for 14 ... Lumbar #puncture #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Management - GrepMed ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV ... Treatment Guideline ... #management #treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... antigen-specific CD4 ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #treatment #diagnosis