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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

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

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
KSHV Inflammatory ... #IDFellowCase #ID ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #KSHV #HHV #KICS
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious
Radiographic appearances ... IDFellowCase #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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(HIV, HTLVI) ... - Chronic inflammatory ... malignancy - Immune ... hypereosinophilia #HE #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
that disrupts immune ... production of pro-inflammatory ... Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Virus (EBV, CMV, HHV8 ... Others: Cellular immune
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... : - Systemic Inflammatory ... Pseudotumor - Infectious ... • CMV • HIV ... #Causes #Hematology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... Inflammatory Syndrome ... Kaposi sarcoma, HHV8 ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Syndrome #Differential
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
KSHV Inflammatory ... if present Infectious ... #KSHV #Inflammatory ... Syndrome #Kaposi #diagnosis ... #management #hhv8
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
late adulthood • Diagnosis ... Gastrointestinal inflammatory ... (specifically immune ... conditions Diagnosis ... Epstein-Barr syndrome, HIV
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... Non-inflammatory ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis