14 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
patients with Opportunistic ... Infections • ... Pulmonary TB and ... <50 • Pulmonary ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Most CNS opportunistic ... • CNS opportunistic ... present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... • In rare cases ... (CDI): • Vancomycin ... Enteric #Bacterial #IDSA ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... , hypoxia, and pulmonary ... PML), Confusion, visual ... unintentional weight loss, nausea
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... positive serology and CD4 ... (Diffuse Pulmonary ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... amastigotes in new infection ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
IDSA Recommendations ... restoration to CD4 ... Caused by Enterocytozoon ... patients with low CD4 ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... factor • May cause ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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IDSA Recommendations ... Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections ... histoplasmosis (>10 cases ... Histoplasmosis #IDSA ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Cardiac (in EGPA) • Digital ... coagulopathy) • CBC ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts