7 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART ... patients with Opportunistic ... Infections • ... TheIDtrivia #ART ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
Most CNS opportunistic ... cART is started ... • CNS opportunistic ... are present in ... #InfectiousDiseases
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
Amebiasis - Balamuthia ... individuals who are ... #Amebiasis #Balamuthia ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
previously diagnosed opportunistic ... of preexisting opportunistic ... PML), Confusion, visual ... resistance • New opportunistic ... • Treat for opportunistic
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... including Ca/Mg/Phos), CBC ... possible - Infectious ... if symptoms of infection ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
various cells at ... amastigotes in new infection ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Less common since cART ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases