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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... Diagnosis and Testing ... and low specificity
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... 100%, specificity ... effect/Edema • EBV ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has a sensitivity ... and specificity ... Urinary antigen testing ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management