20 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
and CD4 cell count ... TB and CD4 cell ... count >50 • CNS ... regardless of CD4 ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... - T-cell - CD7 ... , CD3 Chronic ... - B-cell CD5 ... Blood #Disorders #hematology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... ) Fungal: • CD4 ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... : • CD4 < 200 ... : • CD4 > 200
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... occur when the CD4 ... immune recovery (CD4 ... Virus (HSV): • CD4 ... Lymphoma: • CD4
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Toxoplasmosis (CD4 ... splenomegaly Other infections ... Lymphoma (CD4 < ... multiple lesions Infectious ... • Nocardia • Parasitic
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
 •
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia ... • Persistent CD4 ... deficiencies • CD4 ... #Idiopathic #CD4 ... ICL #diagnosis #hematology
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
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
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 ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS