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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
double-stranded DNA virus ... CMV infection: virus ... regardless of symptoms ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... Retinitis (Most common cause
Clinical Manifestations of Human Herpes Viruses (HHV)

Herpes simplex virus 1	HSV-1	Frequently subclinical (80-90%) Oral lesions (10-20%) congenital
Herpes simplex virus ... 20%) congenital infection ... #Viruses #HHV #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Comparison ... #Table
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
findings • Polio Virus ... Fecal-oral route, virus ... shock • Mumps Virus ... • Measles Virus ... • Rubella Virus
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Herpes Simplex Virus ... Demyelinating disease caused ... by the JC virus ... • JC-virus PCR
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... Immunodeficiency Virus ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpes simplex virus ... Varicella-zoster virus ... choriomeningitis virus ... - West Nile virus ... Snowshoe Hare virus
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus ... days or weeks • Virus ... • Epstein-Barr virus ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
Causes of Isolated ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Antineoplastic Viral Infection ... • Epstein-Barr Virus ... #Hematology
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
and Mycoplasma infections ... treatment for herpes virus ... or HIV/AIDS, diuretics ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #calculus
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... morulae Signs and symptoms ... #Anaplasma #Infection ... #diagnosis #microbiology