HIV Flashcards
Antiplatelet antibodies
ITP
Bamboo spine on x-ray
Ankylosing spondylitis
Webbing of neck, short stature
Turner syndrome
Painful, raised lesions on finger pads
Fever
Osler’s nodes (infective endocarditis
Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Sjogren Syndrome
Posterior cervical adenopathy
EBV
Cat scratch disease
Otitis media
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson disease
Coreceptors of HIV
CCR5
CXCR4
tropism - some viruses like to attach to certain coreceptors
Cells with CCR5
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
cells with CXCR4
CD4+ T cells
structure genes
gag
env
pol
gag
p24 capsid protein
p17 matrix protein
env
gp120
gp41
pol
Reverse transcriptase
Integrase
diagnosis of AIDS
- CD4 < 200
- % of CD4 cells <14%
- Opportunistic infection (PCP)
- Interstitial infiltrates on CXR
- CD4 count <200
PCP
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
CD4 count <50
MAC / MAI
Mycobacterium avium complex
- Systemic disease with hepatosplenomegaly, fever, cough in AIDS patient
- CD4 count <150
- Bird / Bat droppings
- Ohio and Mississippi river valleys
Histoplasma capsulatum
AIDS patient with meningitis
Crytococcal meningitis
AIDS patient with mutliple ring-enhancing lesions on brain MRI
Toxoplasmosis