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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 ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... weeks for most OI ... #Management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... material into eye ... ; unilateral symptoms ... #management #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • IRIS might ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... patients with IRIS
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
nasal droplets • Symptoms ... cytoplasm, plasma cells ... x 24 m BIDMC Infectious ... #Leprosy #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... / CT if focal symptoms ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... / CT if focal symptoms ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and treatment can ... • Lyme disease
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... lymphocytes, smudge cells ... Complications: 1) Infection ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #management
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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decrease (<200 cells ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis