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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... to impaired B-cell ... -> 40 years • Can ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... severe community-acquired
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Uremia (blood urea ... count < 4,000 cells ... radiograph or CT ... Pulmonary #Community #Acquired
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... treatment is generally required ... enhancement on CT ... periventricular areas ... CNS #Infections #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... (GCA) Giant cell ... very remarkable w/differential ... variably: On one ... in literature (NEJM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
and M. fortuitum can ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Advanced HIV (CD4 cell ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... part by IL-1 • CAPS ... symptoms is widely variable ... unlike PFAPA, CAPS