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AIDS-Defining Illnesses 
Incidence of AIDS-Defining Illnesses per 100 Person-years of Follow-up and CD4 Lymphocyte Count

#AIDS #Defining
AIDS-Defining Illnesses ... Illnesses per 100 ... Follow-up and CD4 ... #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Incidence
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
HCPS): Febrile illness ... + ARDS like findings ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
cell-mediated immune ... antigen-specific CD4 ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... a decrease in HIV ... initiation and onset of illness
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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intracellular parasite ... Immunocompromised host (HIV ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
impaired cellular immune ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Pathophysiology: • Immune ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... Influenza like illnesses ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
candidiasis, in HIV ... /AIDS & other immune-compromised ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... CGlabrata #candidemia #diagnosis ... #microbiology