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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... in HIV: • CNS ... encephalopathy #HIV ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... x 1 - Adjunct Tx ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... CLL Labs: 1. ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
cruzi Life Cycle 1) ... amastigotes in new infection ... Clinical manifestations ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
including Ca/Mg/Phos), CBC ... workup or TSH level ... if symptoms of infection ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... signs, clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... -1 RNA level from ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... PML), Confusion, visual
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... Infection due to ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
mucogenicum • HIV ... patients such as: 1. ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Hematologic malignancy ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
that affects the distal ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... to order: • CBC ... legionella/strep, HIV ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic