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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Recommendations for Preventing ... • In rare cases ... difficile Infection (CDI ... #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... that disrupts immune ... , HHV8,...), Bacteria ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: •
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... Demyelinating disease caused ... - Generally >3 cm ... and <25% culture positive
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... reconstituted immune ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... keratitis, iritis • CMV ... unintentional weight loss, nausea
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Presentations: • Opportunistic ... 14%), in which case ... opportunistic infections ... Cytomegalovirus (CMV ... antibody test) Treatment
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Varicella-zoster virus • CMV ... Symptoms: • Acute ... • Gram stain: Positive ... 90% • Culture: Positive ... Develops in the immune
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Pathophysiology: • Immune ... jejuni - HIV, CMV ... variants: (1) acute
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
optimize ART with immune ... Gastrointestinal Infections Caused ... : • The best treatment ... #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
patients with positive ... Disseminated Disease)—Acute ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
outflow and reduces arterial ... incisions, 15 cm ... days after an acute ... including DM • Treatment ... covering both gram positive