HIV + syphilis Flashcards
HIV diagnosis - protocol
Presumptive diagnosis made with ELISA –> positive results are then confirmed with Western blot assay
HIV - ELISA/Western blot test - disadvantages
- falsely negative in the fist 1-2 months of HIV infection
2. falsely positive in babies born to infected mothers (anti-gp120 crosses placenta)
how to diagnose HIV in infants younger than 18 months (no antibodies production) born to seropositive mothers
p24 antigen test
PCR
viral culture (not common)
AIDS diagnosis?
- less than 200 CD4+ cells/mm3
- HIV+ with AIDS-defining conditions
- CD4 percentage less than 14%
normal CD4 COUNT
500-1500 cells/mm3
HIV - disease (and pathogen) IF CD4 lower than 500
- oral thrush - Candida ablicans
- Oral hairy leukoplakia (EBV)
- Kaposi sarcoma (HHV-8) (?????)
- SCC, commonly of anus (men who have sex with men, or cervix (HPV)
HIV - disease (and pathogen) IF CD4 lower than 200
- dementia (HIV)
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (JC)
- Pneumocystic pneumonia (Pneumocystis jirovecii)
- Histoplasma capsulamtum
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (JC) findings
Non-enhancing areas of demyelination on MRI
HIV - disease (and pathogen) IF CD4 lower than 100
- Hemoptysis, pleuritic pain (Aspergilus)
- Meningitis (Cryptococcus neoformans)
- esophagitis (Candida)
- Retinitis, esophagitis, colitis, pneumonitis, encephalitis (CMV)
- B-cell lymphoma (non-Hodgkin, CNS) (EBV)
- Fever, weight loss, fatique, cough, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (Histoplasma)
- Nonspecific systemic infection (fever, nigh sweats, weight loss) or focal lymphadenitis (M. avium-intracellulare)
- Brain abscesses (Toxoplasma gondi)
HIV - Hemoptysis, pleuritic pain (Aspergilus) - findings
cavitation or infiltrates on chest imaging
prophylaxis in HIV patients
less than 200: TMP-SMX (PCP)
less than 100: TMP-SXM (PCP + Toxo)
less than 50: azythromycin or clarythromycin (Myc avium)H
- acyclovir only if frequent reccurence of HIV regardless CD4
HIV patients are at risk for toxoplasmosis when … / prophylaxis
CD4 less than 100
- if positive serology (for latent infection) and less than 100 –> TMP/SXM –> can discontinue when more than 200 for 3 months
TB in HIV - prophylaxis
isoniazid if (+) skin test or contact with active person
Approach to odynophagia + dysphagia in patients with HIV
suspected esophagitis
- if mild symptoms + orla thursh –> candida (fluconazol) –> endoscopy if no improvement
- Severe without thursh –> endoscopy:
- white plaques –> fluconazole
- linear ulcers –> ganciclovir (CMV)
- vesicles and round/ovoid ulcers –> acyclovir (HSV)
- apthous ulcers –> symptomatic therapy
viral vs fungal esophagitis in HIV
- fungal: oral thrush
2. viral: severe odynophagia (pain) without dysphagia (difficulty) or thrush
Common causes of esophagitis in HIV
- Candida (MC): white plagues, oral thrush
- HSV: herpetic vesicles + round/ovoid ulcers, concurrent perioral/oral HSV
- CMV: deep LINEAR ulcers, Distal esophagus
- Idiopathic/aphthous: concurrent oral aphthous ulcers
Progresive multifocal leukoencephalopathy - diagnosis / treatment / how many CD4 in HIV
- CT brain: white matter lesions with no enhancement or edema
- LP: CSF PCR for JC virus
- Brain biopsy (rarely)
treatment: often fatal / if HIV: antiretroviral therapy
- less than 200 CD4
acute HIV infection - epidimiology
2-4 wks after exposure
acute hiv infection - clinical features
- Mono-like syndrome (fever, lymphadenopathym sore throat, arthralgias
- generalised macular rash
- GI symptoms
infectious mono causes a febrile illness, closely resemble to 1ry HIV infection - the key distinctions are
- rash + diarrhea are less common in IM
- exudative pharyngitis is uncommon in 1ry HIV
acute HIV infection - diagnosis
- viral load is elevated
- HIV antibody are (-)
- normal CD4
clinical features in HIV in infancy
- failure to thrive
- chronic diarrhea
- Lymphadenopathy
- PCP
asymptomatic at birth
NORMAL COUNT OF CD4
postexposure prophylaxis to HIV
3 drug antiretrovial therapy for 4 weeks for high risk occupational exposure to blood or body fluids
- 2 nucleotide/nucleoside reverse transcriptase inj PLUS integrase inh or protease inh or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inh
high risk contact HIV (prophylaxis recommended) - exposure of / to
- mucus membrane, nonintact skin, percutaneous exposure
- blood, semen, vaginal secretions ,any body fluid with visible blood
- uncertain risk: CSF, pleural/pericardial fluid, synovial fluid, peritoneal fluid, anmiotic fluid
low risk contact HIV (prophylaxis NOT recommended) - exposure
urine fecees, nasal, saliva, sweat, tears (with no visible blood)
bacillary angiomatosis
bright red, firm, friable exophytic nodules in HIV patient
- caused by Bartonella
common causes of diarrhea in patients with AIDS - CD4 count - bloody?
Cryptosporidium - less than 180
Microsporidiumi/isosporidium: less than 100
Mycobacterium avium complex: less than 50
CMV: less than 50 - THE ONLY WITH BLOOD
AIDS - cryptosporidium diarrhea: CD4 + manifestation
- less than 180
- low grade fever
- weight loss
- severe watery
AIDS - microsporidium diarrhea: CD4 + maniefestation
- less tan 100
- watery, crampy abd pain
- Fever is rare