Lecture 22 AIDS OIs Flashcards
As humans we are walking __ becase of moisture and constant temp.
Petri dishes
The most common opportunistic infection for someone with aids is?
candida albicans
When were most people colonized with candida albicans?
at birth
Candida albicans infects with organs?
oral/esophagus membranes (in AIDS), vaginal, blood and organs (not in AIDS)
Treatment of candida albicans is via
antifungals, HAART
Oral hairy leukoplakia normally causes
mononucleosis (kissing disease)
Herpes zoster/shingles occurs wheN?
Reactivated when the immune system is compromised after having chicken pox as a kid
Treatment of herpes zoster is via
antivirals, severe then IV, prevent reoccurance via vax
Baciliary angiomatosis causes what issue? In what organs
skin nodules, blood vessel tumors, bone spleen lymph liver
Rochalimea henselae that causes baciliary angiomatosis is caused by
cat scratch disease (fleas) or lice common in homeless
B angiomatosis can be treated by
antbacterials and antibiotics
Bacterias in tuberculosis will hang out in
granulomas
TB is latent T/F?
TRUE
TB is coinfectious with __
HIV
The most common lifethreatining OI is ___
pneumocystis
PCP stands for
pneumocystus carinii pneumonia
PCP is treated via
inhaler with aerosol, other drugs