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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 ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Demyelinating disease caused ... periventricular areas
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... lower to upper areas ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... virus: Headache, fever ... level, MRI shows mass
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL: mediastinal mass ... involvement • 30%: CNS ... crises • Blasts ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... Intracellular Urate