9 results
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... AIDP that presents ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #neurology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management Summary ... Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
and Management Summary ... commercially • Serology ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #management
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

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

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... The clinical syndrome ... Treatment: • HAART ... disorder #dementia #AIDS ... #Neurology
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
and Management Summary ... Vomiting, diarrhea, ARDS ... parasitemia • Serology ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases