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"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
testing algorithm ... Disease Control and Prevention ... Laboratory Testing ... Infection: Updated ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDisease
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... • Laboratory testing ... all patients for HIV ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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status, and focal neurologic ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... hemorrhage in the setting ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... canimorsus • Virus: HIV ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... allopurinol), Infection ... Disease-specific testing ... DAH, rule out infection ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
present on repeat testing ... including overnight testing ... • Fanconi's syndrome ... HSP • Post-infectious ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... : HIV, Hepatitis ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
urinary tract infections ... urinary tract infection ... indomethacin, IV ... cimetidine, IV ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
• Acute stroke syndromes ... Vasculitis • Infectious ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology