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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... Demyelinating disease ... • Symptoms: AMS ... symptoms such as ... sensitivity of serum
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Pleural/pericardial/abd ... , and elevated serum ... and CNS • Headache ... Antiribosomal P, APLA, PAC
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... Ischemic heart disease ... algorithm to determine ... : - Known CV disease ... revascularization does not seem
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... transplantation • MCC ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... prep CSF and serum
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
or tenderness; serum ... Tenderness → Consider infectious ... flexors Labs: • Serum ... nucleotidase 1A (Anti cN ... : • PBC, autoimmune