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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 ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Infections in HIV ... #CNS #Infections ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... pain - Typhoid, ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... • Endocrine: Infectious ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... AIDS #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Parvovirus B19 • HIV ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
• Malignancy Infectious ... Epstein-Barr Virus ... Hepatitis • HIV ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease Neurologic
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... or abruptly • CN ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Herpes virus ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Rheumatologic ... , chest pain • ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases