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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... : • Chest pain ... cause rapidly progressive ... Infections #HIV #AIDS
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Syndromes and Mimics ... hemorrhage + rapidly progressive ... Inflammatory Myositis MIMICS ... aureus infection, ARDS ... Renal #Syndromes #Mimics
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... Progressive URI ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... BLines #Bilateral #Pneumonia
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... low-grade fever, progressive ... and an abnormal chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Eosinophilic #Pneumonia
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Non-resolving pneumonia ... Dyspnea+, Pleuritic Chest ... 60% asthma hx - Progressive
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia ... - Pneumonia, ... recurrent - Progressive ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... consolidation, and/or progression ... from the anterior chest ... #POCUS #clinical ... ultrasound #pulmonary #mimics
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
with 3 days of progressive ... He had no chest ... pain, a normal chest ... EM #Radiology #POCUS
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) pattern on Chest CT
75 M with progressive dyspnea. Typical usual interstitial pneumonia
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia ... UIP) pattern on Chest ... CT 75 M with progressive ... usual interstitial pneumonia ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... • JC Virus - Progressive ... Hepatic flare, rapid progression