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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... of treatment of HIV ... increase in CD4+ cells ... weeks for most OI ... #Inflammatory #
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
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... affecting the Brain, Eye ... Non-inflammatory ... pachymeningitis • HIV
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... Syndrome (IRIS) ... : • In HIV+, usually ... • Caused by immune ... and not direct infection
Hypopyon: A white layer of inflammatory cells which settles along the bottom of the anterior chamber
white layer of inflammatory ... cells which settles ... in front of the iris ... , which is an infection ... within the eye
Endophthalmitis: Infection within the eye. This most commonly occurs via introduction of microbes from the outside
(e.g.
Endophthalmitis: ... the eye. ... white layer of inflammatory ... cells in the ... in front of the iris
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Arthralgias • Eye ... Multinucleated giant cells ... • Progressive symptoms ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... activation of an immune ... mediated disease • Immune ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... simplex virus, HIV
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory ... to exclude are infections ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Arthralgias • Eye ... Eye -> retinopathy