HIV Flashcards

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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)

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Secondary malignancies related with HIV

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Wasting syndrome
Thrombocytopenia
Renal disease
cardiomyopathy

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manifestations of HIV infection

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3
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characteristic codon mutations conferring resistance

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genotypic resistance

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4
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ability of the virus to grow in vitro in the presence of different concentrations of antiretroviral

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phenotypic resistance

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5
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lack of clinical or virologic benefit in an individual patient

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clinical resistance

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6
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oropharyngeal infection
Candida albicans
White plaques that involve the soft and hard palate, tonsils, and esophagus
Diagnosed by exam and KOH smears

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oral candidiasis

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Appears as raised, white lesions on lateral aspect of the tongue
Caused by EBV and disposed by exam or biopsy

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oral leukoplakia

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8
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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

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oral ulcers

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9
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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

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HSV cutaneous infection

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Recurrent dermatomal outbreaks as well as disseminated disease can occur
Diagnoses made by culture

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VZV cutaneous infection

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cutaneous infection

Small, flesh-colored, umbilicated lesions caused by a poxvirus

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Molluscum contagiosum

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cutaneous infection
Bartonella henselase and Bartonella quitana
Cutaneous (raised, violaceous) and visceral disease

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bacillary angiomatosis

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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

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CMV retinitis

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14
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Recurrent bacterial infections due to strep pneumo, H. flu, S. aureus. Mycobacterial infections and fungal infections with Histoplasma, Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus

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pulmonary infections with HIV

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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

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Pneumocystic pneumonia

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16
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Primary and reactivation TB
M. kansasii is the most common NTB infection
Diagnosis with sputum or bronchiolar lavage stain and culture
Prevention: prophylaxis against MTB with isoniazid for all patients with positive PPD or close contacts of a patient with TB

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Mycobacterial infections

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Entire GI system – odynophagia, diarrhea, proctitis, fever, abdominal pain
Diagnosed by endoscopy/colonoscopy and biopsy/EM

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Gastrointestinal CMV infection

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Chronic diarrhea, occasionally acalculous cholecystitis

Diagnoses made by sending stool for ova and parasite staining

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Gastrointestinal Cryptosporidium infection

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Microsporidia, Giardia duodenalis/lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica

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Gastrointestinal HIV infection

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Cryptococcus, Toxoplasma, CMV, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by JC virus (polyomavirus)

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CNS infections associated with HIV

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Polyradiculopathy, ascending weakness, meningoencephalitis, flaccid paralysis
Diagnosis by CSF analysis, PCR, imaging

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CNS CMV infection

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Rapidly progressive, focal neurological deficits, caused by JC virus
Diagnosed by CSF JC virus PCR, imaging

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CNS polyomavirus (PML) infection

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Fever, sweats, weight loss, adenopathy, pancytopenia
Focal disease with isolated adenitis can occur
Diagnosis by blood cultures, lymph node and BM biopsy
Prevention: begin prophylaxis at CD4

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Mycobacterium avium intracellulare