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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... altered mental status ... Demyelinating disease caused
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
socioeconomic status ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
iron overload states ... has five major clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: •
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #heartfailure #chf
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• A state of hyperinflammatory ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS