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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... of mode of HIV infection ... 3 years • Co-testing ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
procedures - Infection ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... #Workup #hematology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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elevation • Nausea ... Presentations: • Opportunistic ... 14%), in which case ... opportunistic infections ... ART to slow HIV disease
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Positive Coombs testing ... setting - Mycoplasma ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... are caused by members ... Diagnosis and Testing ... neutropenia (performs best ... Diseases Fellows
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... Connective tissue diseases ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... Sweat chloride test
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Infectious ... and M panel Management ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... • In rare cases ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Non-culture-based tests ... • Molecular Tests ... susceptibility testing ... CVC Removal • Infectious ... Diseases Consults