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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #KSHV #HHV #lymphoproliferative ... #KICS
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
Cytokine Syndrome (KICS ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #KSHV #HHV #KICS ... #Kaposi
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
- NHL, Kaposi's ... carcinoma • HHV ... -8 - Kaposi's sarcoma ... Cancers #oncology #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... < 200: CMV, HSV ... 200: Pulmonary Kaposi's ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
in people with HIV ... will depend On CD4 ... Others: Lymphoma, Kaposrs ... Diarrhea #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Kaposi sarcoma ... , HHV8 - Worsening ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
Cytokine Syndrome (KICS ... Definition for KICS ... Cytokine #Syndrome #Kaposi ... #diagnosis #management ... #hhv8
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Virus (EBV, CMV, HHV8 ... of emergency, ICU ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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DIAGNOSTIC ... CRITERIA FOR ICL ... • Infections - HIV ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #Differential #
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... organism (soap bubble ... immunocompromised CD4 ... drained at time of diagnosis ... to normalize ICP