HIV Flashcards
Kaposi’s sarcoma (HHV8 related)
Lymphoma (EBV-related non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, primary CNS lymphoma)
Cervical cancer (HPV-related)
Squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum (HPV-related)
Secondary malignancies related with HIV
Wasting syndrome
Thrombocytopenia
Renal disease
cardiomyopathy
manifestations of HIV infection
characteristic codon mutations conferring resistance
genotypic resistance
ability of the virus to grow in vitro in the presence of different concentrations of antiretroviral
phenotypic resistance
lack of clinical or virologic benefit in an individual patient
clinical resistance
oropharyngeal infection
Candida albicans
White plaques that involve the soft and hard palate, tonsils, and esophagus
Diagnosed by exam and KOH smears
oral candidiasis
Appears as raised, white lesions on lateral aspect of the tongue
Caused by EBV and disposed by exam or biopsy
oral leukoplakia
oropharyngeal infection
HSV 1 and 2 cause small painful ulcers on an erythematous base
CMV causes larger, shallow ulcers
Aphthous stomatitis appear as ulcerations with an exudative base
Definitive diagnosis with culture/biopsy; EM for CMV
oral ulcers
Genital lesions can coalesce and form large ulcers that can become secondarily infected with bacteria
Infections may be complicated by radiculomyelitis and proctitis
Diagnosed by culture
HSV cutaneous infection
Recurrent dermatomal outbreaks as well as disseminated disease can occur
Diagnoses made by culture
VZV cutaneous infection
cutaneous infection
Small, flesh-colored, umbilicated lesions caused by a poxvirus
Molluscum contagiosum
cutaneous infection
Bartonella henselase and Bartonella quitana
Cutaneous (raised, violaceous) and visceral disease
bacillary angiomatosis
ocular infection
Progressive visual loss, floaters
Funduscopic exam reveals coalescing white exudates with surrounding hemorrhage and edema
Retinitis without treatment results in retinal detachment and visual loss
CMV retinitis
Recurrent bacterial infections due to strep pneumo, H. flu, S. aureus. Mycobacterial infections and fungal infections with Histoplasma, Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus
pulmonary infections with HIV
Pneumocystic jiroveci
Fever, cough, progressively worsening dyspnea
Reduced O2 and CO2 levels, CXR shows diffuse interstitial infiltrates
Sputum, broncheolar lavage – specimens stained with silver stain
Prevention: being prophylaxis at CD4
Pneumocystic pneumonia