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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Aseptic necrosis of hip ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... stable residual lesion ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... • CT: Halo sign ... Polymorphic skin lesions ... Multiple skin lesions ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Clinical Presentation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nodular or cavitary lesions ... mucogenicum • HIV ... Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Clinical Presentation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... and radiographic features ... Imaging: - MRI ... enhancement on CT
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Alterations: - Sensory features ... compressive cord lesion ... or optic nerve lesions ... simplex virus, HIV
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Can cause TYPE IV ... salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... Several of the diagnoses ... exam findings and clinical ... accustomed to, your vision ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung