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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... Demyelinating disease ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... EBV, HSV, CMV, ... • Autoimmune: ... Autoimmune hepatitis ... specificity to elevated
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral infection, autoimmune ... Hyperbilirubinemia • Elevated ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... , HIV, rubella legionella ... pts) Differential
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Elevated Globulin ... infections (acute HIV ... , HBV, EBV, VZV, ... Cirrhosis, ETOH, autoimmune ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... kinase levels are elevated ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... : • PBC, autoimmune ... #rheumatology #differential