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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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IRIS might ... should be based on clinical ... required until immune ... patients with IRIS ... Syphilis • Aspergillosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS ... weeks for most OI
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... - Atypical Clinical ... ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... tears oint + TAPE eye
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated ... affecting the Brain, Eye ... nervous system (CNS ... Infectious • Syphilis ... MRI lesions and clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... : Inflammatory eye ... symptoms (headache ... Genital ulcers • Eye ... #management #signs
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... pain/pain upon eye ... pain • Extra-CNS ... #neurology #symptoms ... #signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Common clinical ... • In tertiary syphilis ... Acute meningeal signs ... Develops in the immune
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Arthralgias • Eye ... purpura: Strong sign ... • Progressive symptoms ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an immune ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms