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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... Demyelinating disease ... Cryptococcal Meningitis ... , palsy of the abducens
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... SSX (lymphocytic meningitis ... , CN palsies, radiculopathy ... Large joints (knees ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... of Tuberculous Meningitis ... and not direct infection ... ADEM Tuberculous Meningitis ... or abruptly • CN
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... • Lyme disease ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... lesions, aseptic meningitis ... ), MCC CNS symptoms ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... management #signs #symptoms
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary, systemic or meningitic ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... (~40%) • Meningitis ... : • Meningitis,