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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... increase in CD4+ cells ... Confusion, visual symptoms ... with severe symptoms ... weeks for most OI
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
keratitis • Acute endophthalmitis ... Foreign body • Infectious ... Anterior Chamber/Uvea/Iris ... UVEA: comprised Iris ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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IRIS might ... less than 200 cells ... required until immune ... more than 200 cells ... patients with IRIS
Endophthalmitis: Infection within the eye. This most commonly occurs via introduction of microbes from the outside
(e.g.
Endophthalmitis: ... Infection within ... the eye. ... of inflammatory cells ... in front of the iris
Hypopyon: A white layer of inflammatory cells which settles along the bottom of the anterior chamber
of inflammatory cells ... in front of the iris ... , which is an infection ... within the eye ... from outside the eye
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
to exclude are infections ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Arthralgias • Eye ... Multinucleated giant cells ... • Progressive symptoms