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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease caused
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
: • Cardiomyopathy ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... palpitations: PVC ... due to decreased brain ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
transplantation • MCC ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... abscess • Disseminated
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... low glucose) CNS ... of prior silent pulmonary ... Standard treatment ... meningitis #T2 #MRI #Brain