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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS: Syndromic Approach

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#Opportunistic #Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS #Differential #Diagnosis
Infections in HIV ... Washington University ID ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #Differential #
Syndromic Approach to Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS: 

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#Opportunistic #Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS
Infections in HIV ... Washington University ID ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #Differential #
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
in people with HIV ... Washington University ID ... #Diarrhea #HIVAIDS ... #Differential #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... ocular • PJP - Pneumonitis ... Extraocular symptoms: pneumonitis ... Leishmaniasis Differential
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... : IV Fe > PO FE ... & Fe Sucrose > alt ... IV FE formulations ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate
Protozoal causes of diarrhea in HIV
Others not included in the table: Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia Iamblia
Microsporidia
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of diarrhea in HIV ... Washington University ID ... causes #diarrhea #HIVAIDS ... #Differential #
Case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis (FHC) on CT

28F +4d RUQ pain worse w/ inspiration, 102F fever, no vaginal
WBC 7, AST/ALT mildly ... preg test. (-) HIV ... Washington University ID ... FitzHughCurtis #FHC #CT #Clinical
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
cut-offs defined in clinical ... products - IV ... Cellulose filters for IV ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... setting of GVHD) ID
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... fibrotic changes are ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... the critically ill ... Ethylene glycol - HIV ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential