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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Treating Chagas Disease ... duration same as for treatment ... Note: Treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Hansen's Disease ... cytoplasm, plasma cells ... and numerous AFB Treatment ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• CNS opportunistic ... less than 200 cells ... Antimicrobial treatment ... more than 200 cells ... Demyelinating disease
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
CD4 count <100 cells ... CD4 count >100 cells ... decreases to <100 cells ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
and Management ... Meningo-encephalitis - Bell ... Treatment: 1. ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Diagnosis and Management ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune disease ... adsorption onto cancer cells ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #hematology
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Algorithm for the Management ... Seizures The management ... and bag-valve mask ... Pharmacologic treatment ... The focus is on
Treatment of Non-hepatitis C virus Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis - French Vasculitis Study Group

MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (TYPE 1) 
IgM
Treatment of Non-hepatitis ... Target plasma cells ... /or refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... anti—muscle-specific kinase (MuSK ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... treatment Of ocular ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... previously diagnosed opportunistic ... increase in CD4+ cells ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management