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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... Phase: • The short ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... #diagnosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... of symptoms or signs ... pp65 antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... without localizing signs ... relapsing fever, acute ... HIV infection, ... HIV infection
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... include a: • Neurologic ... Infection or cancer ... , CVA • Infectious ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... • Common clinical ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... neutropenia (performs best ... septated hyphae, acute
You’ll notice there is an IgM and an IgG core antibody. The presence of IgM anti-HBc
generally indicates an acute ... HBV infection. ... because the two tests ... commonly run in the clinical ... #Diagnosis #HepB
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... symptoms) • Acute ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... (HIV), and Zika ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and sensitive tests ... #management #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... noninflammatory Signs ... Parvovirus B19 • HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology