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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... PML, toxoplasmic encephalitis ... should be based on clinical ... altered mental status ... , and focal neurologic
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
- Most comrnon CNS ... infection in patients ... prophylaxis Clinical ... Altered mental status ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis #Overview
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Common clinical ... Altered mental status ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS ... #diagnosis #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Syndrome (PRES) Overview ... may precede the neurologic ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... A state of tissue ... death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... Classification #diagnosis #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... A state of tissue ... death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... Classification #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview ... • A state of hyperinflammatory ... pleural effusions, CNS ... IRIS (exception: encephalitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

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

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
and infects the CNS ... in the early stages ... of infection • ... : The clinical ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
risk factors for infection ... through several stages ... three weeks Clinical ... • Mpox-related encephalitis ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management