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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

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

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
#IDFellowCase #ID ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #KSHV #HHV #KICS ... #Kaposi
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
Infection-Related ... - NHL, Kaposi's ... carcinoma • HHV ... #oncology #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Virus (EBV, CMV, HHV8 ... B-LNH), solid cancers ... of emergency, ICU ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
pulmonary diseases in HIV ... , Kaposi sarcoma ... tuberculosis Infectious ... pulmonary #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung cancer ... 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
count & sites of infection ... Others: Lymphoma, Kaposrs ... Washington University ID ... Diarrhea #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
Definition for KICS ... if present Infectious ... Cytokine #Syndrome #Kaposi ... #diagnosis #management ... #hhv8
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