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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... multiple lesions Infectious ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... - Differential Diagnosis ... treatment is generally required ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
(CDI) - Diagnosis ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Framework Diagnosis ... Viral, Fungal, Parasite ... Tissue penetration (CNS ... diff) • Hospital-Acquired
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Purtilo (XLP) Acquired ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Drugs, Unknown cause
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
cysticerci. 5) Humans acquire ... intestinal tapeworm infection ... TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... that can be acquired ... dermatitidis CNS ... - And, in rare cases ... #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... factor • May cause ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #infectiousdiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... amastigotes in new infection ... Tcruzi #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #infectiousdiseases