HIV infection Flashcards
normal CD4 count
500
immunosuppressed CD4 count
200
HIV transmission
- blood/blood products
- body fluids/ sexual transmission
blood/blood products that transmit HIV
- transfusion (RBC + Clotting factors)
- IVDU (sharing needles)
- Lab/ Health care workers/ needle stick
- vertical transmission
Body fluids/ sexual transmission of HIV
- MSM
- heterosexual
where are the majority of deaths + those with HIV in children?
Africa
percent of those HIV infected do not know their status
1/3
who should be screened annually?
people at high risk
HIV ab testing should be performed routinely in all patients age
13-64
clinical manifestatios of acute HIV infections in order of most prominent to least
fever fatigue myalgia skin rash headache pharyngitis cervical adenopathy arthralgia night sweat diarrhea
myalgia
pain in a muscle or group of muscles
arthralgia
pain in a joint
inquire new partners
- within last 3 mos
- past testing
- sexual risk
- exposure/assault
- needle sharing
screening test for HIV use 4th generation use
immunoassays that combine HIV antigen + HIV antibody
inquire about new partners
- within last 3 mos
- past testing
- sexual risk
- exposure/assault
- needle sharing
remember the window period
earliest positive= 15-20 days
prior to that window, may test negative despite symptoms of acute HIV
diagnosis of acute HIV requires detectable plasma RNA
-test RNA early if symptomatic
-
4th generation diagnostic HIV tests= window
IgM + IgG antibody and p24 antigen
4th generation HIV test target of detection
IgM + IgG antibody and p24 antigen
4th generation window to take positive tset
15-20 days
HIV viral load test target of detection
RNA
HIV viral load test approximate time to positivity
10-15 days
HIV II
rare
how many years does it take to develop advanced disease
8-12 years
untreated HIV can be
very progressive + infectious
What does HIV target that declines infection?
CD4 cells
HIV is most common in people with
lower CD4 counts
acute antiretroviral infection
seroconversion
evolution of untreated HIV leads to
acute antiretroviral infection (seroconversion)
acute antiretroviral infection
- viral syndrome in most, but may be mild
- within 2 weeks, develop Mono-like syndrome
established HIV
start ART (acute antiretroviral infection) at any CD4 count, even if asymptomatic
- CD4>350 -500 cells
- symptomatic
untreated, progressive HIV
- opportunistic infections/malignancies
- risk for OIs depends on exposure
opportunistic infections/malignancies
-cell mediated immune deficit
-exposure to opportunistic pathogens
-epidemiology of frequent OIs
(diagnostic methodology + tx)
risk for Opportunistic Infections depends on exposure
- geography/prior exposure
- practices/habits
- degree of immunosupression
pneumonias, shingles, candida
early opportunistic infectious, CD4 count
> 200
Late opportunistic infections : CD4 count
> 200
What kind of population do early Opportunistic infections affect?
in healthy population, more common in HIV+ before severely immunocompromised
early Opportunistic Infections
TB Candida/thrush VZV/shingles Recurrent Bacterial/Pneumonia Histoplasmosis Kaposi's sarcoma
late opportunistic infections
- pneumocystis pneumonia
- chronic diarrhea cryptosporidia
CD4
- toxoplasma (seizures)
- CMV (visual loss)
- MAC (actypial mycobac)
AIDS Defining conditions
- recurrent bacterial infections
- candidal infection of esophagus, trachea, bronchi
- disseminated coccidiomycosis, histoplasmosis
- extrapulmonary cryptococcosis
- chronic cryptosporidiosis or isospora
- CMV
- persistent mucocutaneous HSV
- HIV encephalopathy
- Kaposi’s sarcoma
- Primary lymphoma of the brain
- Non Hodgkin’s B cell lymphoma
women with uncontrolled HIV are more prone to more rapid
cervical cancer
AIDS defining conditions, cont: HIV plus
- lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) (Pediatric)
- Cervical cancer (women)
- Disseminated Mycobacterial infection (not tb)
- extrapulmonary tb
- pneumocystis pneumonia
- progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy
- recurrent salmonella infection
- toxoplasmosis of the brain
primary prevention of opportunistic infections
prevents the 1st occurrence
secondary prevention of opportunistic infections
- previously treated for disease
- often a reduced dose to prevent reactivation of serious disease
primary prevention for CD4
- penumocysits- prevent with trimethoprim/sulfa
- cheap + effective
- also prevents toxo
percent risk of pneumocystis / year
60%
primary prevention for CD4
MAC- prevent with azithromycin weekly dose
secondary prevention
- candida
- cryptococcal meningitis, histo, cocci
- CMV
ART
anti retroviral therapy
ART era= chronic manageable disease
- more testing, early ID, newly identified HIV+ are asymptomatic
- more sophisticated understanding of viral pathogenesis and more treatment options
- prefer ART once diagnosed, AND ready yo take pills regularly
- CD4 recovery and viral plasma RNA undetectable expected in all
complications of long term infection and long term therapy (difficult to separate)
- body shape abnormalities
- metabolic abnormalities (DM, hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis)
not all HIV associated conditions are diminishing in the era of ART
even higher CD4 counts, HIV infection is linked to
- chronic immune activation
- progressive HCV liver disease, renal disease
- Cardiovascular disease
even with HIV suppression through ART, HIV is linked to
- chronic immune activation
- increased cancer risk, particularly lymphomas, lung cancer and invasive cervical
traditional indications for antiretrovirals
“the cocktail” in combo for acute or chronic HIV, highly active ART
known positive HIV patient takes ART
reduces the viral concentration from the source
If giving tablets to HIV neg to prevent them from getting the risk, use
selectively
Post-exposure prevention (PEP) indications for antiretrovirals
occupational: (needlestick/sharp/blood exposure or mucosal splash)
Non-occupational: mother infant transmission + sexual exposure (high risk, known positive)
pre-exposure prevention (PrEP) indications for antiretrovirals
prevention for those with ongoing high risk
goals for anti retroviral therapy
- reduced HIV related illness and death
- improve quality of life
- restore and preserve immune function
- provide potent sustained HIV control
- prevent HIV transmission
each class of medications have similar
targets at diff points
antiretroviral drug classes
-nucleoside/nucleotides
reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(NRTIs)
-non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
-protease inhibitors (PIs)
-HIV entry inhibitors (fusion inhibitors + CCR5 inhibitors)
-integrase inhibitors
goal of ART
HIV RNA below the level of detection