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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... (45%) • Fever ... (28%) • Skin rash ... • New onset SLE
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Constitutional symptoms ... #Infections #HIV
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
) General: Fever ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI, lung, skin), ... eosinophilia) • Infectious ... Aspergillus), Viral (HIV ... , Sarcoidosis, SLE
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... mucogenicum • HIV ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... history of cancer, HIV ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g., fever ... lesion • CNS infection
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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69% - Malar rash ... 40% - Fever 36% ... Myositis 4% - Lung ... Other auto-immune, Infectious ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... within 1 month of infection ... Erythematosus (SLE ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... to: Arthritis, Fever ... and leukemia • Lung
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
known as rat bite fever ... or Haverhill fever ... cancers, including lung ... (HSV + Mycoplasma ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison