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HIV Associated Infections Based on CD4 Count 

#Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease #CD4Count #HIV #AIDS #Opportunistic #Infections #OI #Table
HIV Associated Infections ... Based on CD4 Count ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease ... CD4Count #HIV #AIDS #Opportunistic ... #Infections #OI
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
patients with Opportunistic ... Infections • ... Therapy #HAART #HIV #Opportunistic ... #Infections #management ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Principles of HIV-Associated ... Periventricular regions; associated ... status, and focal neurologic ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
clinically often associated ... with viral infections ... Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology
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 ... Presentations: • Opportunistic ... during transient CD4 ... in which case opportunistic
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
previously diagnosed opportunistic ... of preexisting opportunistic ... Other Pathogens Associated ... resistance • New opportunistic ... • Treat for opportunistic
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Toxoplasmosis (CD4 ... granulomatosis: • EBV-associated ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... causes #radiology #neurology
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
3 hours SARS associated ... virus 3 to 4 days ... Polio virus Type ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... contagiousness #COVID19
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 ... patient with HIV and CD4 ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... • Endocrine: Infectious
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

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

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
early stages of infection ... Findings: • Rule out infectious ... etiologies and PML (JC virus ... HIV and with low CD4 ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology