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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... • IRIS might ... patients with IRIS ... Infections in HIV ... #CNS #Infections
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... increase in CD4+ cells ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... inflammatory cause ... within 4m #Bells ... #Palsy #Diagnosis ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Lactic Acidosis and ... Hypercarbia • Infectious ... : Bell's palsy ( ... HSV), Vestibular ... neuronitis, CNS
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
early stages of infection ... cells in the CNS ... Diagnosis: MRI ... Findings: • Rule out infectious ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... Syndrome (IRIS) ... : • In HIV+, usually ... or abruptly • CN ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... nervous system (CNS ... Non-inflammatory ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... Disease (25-75%): Inflammatory ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... affects the skin, neurologic ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... gut involvement, abdominal ... inflammatory lesions