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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Imaging: - MRI ... and <25% culture positive ... #differential #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... ruled out • Brain ... brain and/or optic ... management #neurology #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... parietal lobes of the brain
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
meningitis on T2 MRI ... . meningeal infection ... organism (soap bubble sign ... #Brain #clinical ... #radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Inhalation of spores ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... have positive blood