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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART ... 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 ... cART is started ... should be based on clinical ... are present in ... #InfectiousDiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... PML), Confusion, visual
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
various cells at ... 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 ... Less common since cART ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
including Ca/Mg/Phos), CBC ... possible - Infectious ... if symptoms of infection ... Intubation only if clinically ... signs, clinical
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes (PRS) are ... Cardiac (in EGPA) • Digital ... coagulopathy) • CBC ... confirm DAH, r/o infection
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections ... Prophylaxis: • CD4 ... weeks or until clinically ... Treatment #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
world unless you are ... sexually transmitted infectious ... to call up the CDC ... Emergency Medicine #Clinical ... POCUS #Urology #InfectiousDiseases