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HIV Associated Infections Based on CD4 Count 

#Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease #CD4Count #HIV #AIDS #Opportunistic #Infections #OI #Table
HIV Associated Infections ... Based on CD4 Count ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease ... #CD4Count #HIV ... #Prophylaxis #CD4
"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
Recommended laboratory HIV ... the Diagnosis of HIV ... Empendium #Testing #HIV ... #CDC #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDisease
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART in HIV ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... regardless of CD4 ... Therapy #HAART #HIV ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Parasitic Cycle ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
a patient with HIV ... • Keratitis (HSV ... Posterior Segment: • HIV ... seen with lower CD4 ... vision #HIVAIDS #InfectiousDiseases
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... < 200: CMV, HSV ... ) Fungal: • CD4 ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... : • CD4 < 200
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Syphilis • Viral: HSV ... /II, VZV, CMV, HIV ... , M. leprae • Parasitic ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
the most common elbow ... commonly missed elbow ... Yes, if Types II-IV ... Disposition: Type I, DC ... 1week; Types II-IV