HIV Flashcards
Oval yeast cells within macrophages
Histo

Binds to CD4+ T cell
gp120
Low-grade fever + hepatsplenomegaly + cough + tongue ulcer
Histo

Bacillary angiomatosis
3 ways to diagnose AIDS
- CD4 < 200
- CD4 < 14%
- AIDS-defining lesion (ex. PCP)
How could one have a slower course of HIV infection?
Heterozygous CCR5 mutation
HPV
Squamous cell carcinoma of anus (MSM) or cervix
CD4+ < 50
MAC
Cryptococcus meningitits
CMV retinitis
When do ELISA and Western blot provide a particularly high false negative rate for HIV?
First 1-2 months

Possibly non-Hodgkins lymphoma (large cell type) in AIDS patients; EBV
Pneumonia in AIDS patient with ground glass appearance on CXR
PCP

Cotton wool spots
CMV
Where does non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS patient typically present?
Oropharynx
CMV
Retinitis
Esophagitis
Interstitial pneumonia
What does HIV bind to on CD4+ T cells?
CCR5 early or CXCR4 late + CD4
Fusion
gp41
Which structural protein of HIV is cleaved into two fragments?
env –> gp120 and gp41
Matrix protein
p17
Ring-enhancing abscesses in brain
Toxoplasmosis
Function of gp41
Fusion and entry
Retinitis
CMV
Toxoplasmosis or primary CNS lymphoma
(multiple ring-enhancing lesions in AIDS patient brain)
AIDS patient with superficial vascular proliferation, biopsy shows lymphocytes
Kaposi sarcoma (HHV8)
What does HIV bind to on macrophages?
CCR5 + CD4
Function of p24?
Caspid protein
gag
p24 = caspid protein
Squamous cell carcinoma in AIDS patient
HPV
Function of gp120
Binds CD4+ T cell
Which two cell types does HIV bind?
CD4+ T cells and macrophages
Lateral tongue plaque
Hairy leukoplakia (EBV)
EBV
Hairy leukoplakia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (large cell type), Primary CNS lymphoma
How could one be immune to HIV?
Homozyogus CCR5 mutation (HIV can’t bind macrophage or T cell)
Encephalitis
JCV/PML

Kaposi sarcoma (HHV8)
Fever, chills, night sweats in an AIDS patient
MAC
Pleuritic pain with hemoptysis and infiltrates on CXR
Invasive Aspergillosis
(remember it likes to invade vessels = hemoptysis)
AIDS patient with superficial vascular proliferation, biopsy shows PMNs
Bartonella henslae (bacillary angiomatosis)
Waldeyer ring
Lymphoid tissue in oropharynx; location of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS patients

Demyelination
JCV/PML
Meningitis
Cryptococcus

Hairy leukoplakia (EBV)
How is HIV diagnosed?
Presumptive diagnosis with ELISA (high false +; rule out)
Confirmed with Western blot (high false -; rule in)
Retinitis + esophagitis
CMV
Which disease is a direct effect of HIV?
Dementia
Why would an ELISA or Western blot have a high false + rate in babies born to infected mothers?
They detect antibodies and anti-gp120 antibodies cross the placenta
Interstitial pneumonia
CMV
pol
Aspartate protease, reverse transcriptase, integrase
3 structural genes of HIV
pol
gag
env
p17
Matrix protein
Caspid protein
p24
Ring enhancing lesion in AIDS brain
Toxoplasmosis abscess
Primary CNS lymphoma (EBV)