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HIV Associated Infections Based on CD4 Count 

#Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease #CD4Count #HIV #AIDS #Opportunistic #Infections #OI #Table
Based on CD4 Count ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease ... CD4Count #HIV #AIDS #Opportunistic ... #Infections #OI ... #Prophylaxis #CD4
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... regardless of CD4 ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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occur when the CD4 ... immune recovery (CD4 ... Virus (HSV): • CD4 ... Encephalitis: • CD4 ... Lymphoma: • CD4
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia ... • Persistent CD4 ... deficiencies • CD4 ... #Idiopathic #CD4 ... ICL #diagnosis #hematology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
ART ↑ improves CD4 ... low pretreatment CD4 ... can occur at any CD4 ... an increase in CD4 ... Depends On: • CD4
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Triggering factor (infection ... →Activation of CD8 ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Still disease, Infection ... treatment #summary #rheumatology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Disease by CD4 ... Count: Any CD4 ... Seasonal influenza CD4 ... Blastomycosis CD4 ... possible in HIV PARASITIC
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
weeks without infection ... Lymphocytosis on CBC ... surface molecules: CD5 ... workup #oncology #hematology