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Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... COVID19, CMV/EBV, HIV ... immobility • Critical ... • PROXIMAL AND DISTA ... #Elevated #CK #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
/ AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential ... >100 mg/L • Rhabdomyolysis ... factor • May cause ... PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... Infection - Viral (HIV ... Dermatomyositis Clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... Lung Abscess Differential ... #causes #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... intracellular parasite ... Immunocompromised host (HIV ... routine O&P • Clinical ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... PML), Confusion, visual ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
that affects the distal ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... legionella/strep, HIV ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
including Ca/Mg/Phos), CBC ... with differential ... signs, clinical ... high-dose magnesium, IV ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases