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Aquired Imminodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Defining Illnesses

#AIDS #Defining #Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Imminodeficiency Syndrome ... (AIDS) Defining ... Illnesses #AIDS ... Defining #Illnesses #HIV ... #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... Encephalopathy, HIV ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... due to HIV #AIDS ... #InfectiousDiseases
Oral HPV-Associated Papillomatosis in AIDS - A 36-year-old man who had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Oral HPV-Associated ... immunodeficiency syndrome ... side) #Clinical #InfectiousDisease ... Papillomatosis #HPV ... #AIDS #NEJM
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... : • 2 sets of blood ... all patients for HIV ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
to infections (HPV ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... diagnosis #kidney #blood ... #urine #management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
abdominal pain, bloody ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea, ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV ... integrity of the blood-brain ... penetrance through the blood-brain ... The clinical syndrome ... disorder #dementia #AIDS
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... body site (i.e., blood ... kidneys, liver, lung/ARDS ... #Toxic #Shock #Syndrome ... STSS #treatment #management