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Invasive Fungal Infections in AIDS
 - Cryptococcosis
 - Histoplasmosis
 - Coccidiodomycosis
 - Talaromycosis

doi:10.1007/s11908-017-0592-7

#Fungal #Infections #HIVAIDS #comparison
Invasive Fungal ... Infections in AIDS ... s11908-017-0592-7 #Fungal ... #Infections #HIVAIDS
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
people with HIV/AIDS ... count & sites of infection ... adenovirus 3) Fungal ... Kaposrs sarcoma, AIDS ... #Diarrhea #HIVAIDS
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... M.kansasii, MAC) Fungal ... > 200: Endemic fungi ... /- High res CT chest ... #HIVAIDS #workup
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
patient with HIV/AIDS ... Candida, other fungi ... Cocci*, Toxo*, non-infectious ... • Choroidal infections ... Blurry #vision #HIVAIDS
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... tuberculosis Infectious ... ID_fellows #HIVAIDS ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
pneumonia (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... heart failure, ARDS ... AIP) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CrazyPaving
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
exsudate due to infection ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... • Pleuritic chest ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... InfectiousDiseases #Fungal