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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... (HSV): • CD4 ... status, and focal neurologic ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... : HIV (Predisposing ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... CMV infection: virus ... and CD4 50 or less ... : • Neurologic ... • Endocrine: Infectious
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
unknown but its clinically ... associated with viral infections ... Herpes simplex virus ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... accumulation of clinical ... +++: Virus (EBV, ... salmonella, ...), Parasites
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
dementia Pathophysiology ... early stages of infection ... : The clinical ... and with low CD4 ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of treatment of HIV ... • 10-20% of HIV-infected ... a decrease in HIV ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... Clinical manifestations ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite