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CDC Recommended Laboratory HIV Testing Algorithm for Serum or Plasma Specimens

#HIV #Algorithm #Screening #Testing #HIVAIDS #Diagnosis
CDC Recommended ... Screening #Testing #HIVAIDS
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Maturation proceeds ... lumbricoides #Ascariasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Parainfluenza • CD4 ... ) Fungal: • CD4 ... Parasitic: • CD4 ... Pulmonary #Infections #HIVAIDS ... #differential #CD4
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
blood in liver and maturation ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
seen with lower CD4 ... Blurry #vision #HIVAIDS
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
dendritic cell (DC ... activate naive CD4 ... switching and maturation
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
will depend On CD4 ... #Diarrhea #HIVAIDS