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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
in HIV/AIDS Here's ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... Tenesmus - Spinal Cord ... #Diagnosis #HIV ... #Symptoms #Signs
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Infections 2. ... and duration of symptoms ... , Hypotension, shock ... #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... that exists as a mold ... pulmonary infection ... fever • Septic shock
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... obstruction • COPD ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Other high-risk chronic ... SEPSIS/SEPTIC SHOCK ... mottled skin, cold ... Screening #Pediatrics #peds ... #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary