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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... increase in CD4+ cells ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... weeks for most OI ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... material into eye ... ; unilateral symptoms ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... • IRIS might ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... patients with IRIS
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... endemic area) ± HIV ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... tears oint + TAPE eye ... #Management #Treatment
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
nasal droplets • Symptoms ... chemotherapy, SOT, HIV ... cytoplasm, plasma cells ... #Leprosy #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... Genital ulcers • Eye ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... and treatment can ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Diagnosis Framework ... and Management ... Infection - Viral (HIV ... disease 2. ... #Diagnosis #Management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Symptoms: • The ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... : symptomatic treatment ... • Severe disease ... #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... : >3 symptoms, or ... initiation • Differential ... • Steroids: IV ... #management #hematology