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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 ... required until immune ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
4 weeks after starting ... • Caused by immune ... and not direct infection ... due to increased CSF ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... Gram stain: Previous ... Develops in the immune
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... HIV-infected patients starting ... be present: • AIDS ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Guidelines recommend starting
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Transplantation including bone ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... the underlying cause
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... Erythema nodosum • Immune ... ingestion • B symptoms ... anymore • Routine bone ... classification #hematology #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... Significance (IDUS) • Immune ... • Parvovirus infection ... blood count with differential ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... massiliense in CF ... ) - Bone Marrow ... , Imaging, high ... #differential #