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
Kaposi’s sarcoma is associated with wat population?
oldermen in the jewish or middle eastern population
Treatment of kaposi’s saarcoma is via
radiation, chemotherapy, antivirlas, radiation
Categorize TB, kaposi’s sarcoma, and PCP
These are 3 OIs that happen when your CD4 count is under 200
Where is blastomyces distributed geographically?
Along the mississippi river, in marshes
Where is coccidioisis distributed geographically?
Southwestern US, in the ground
What increases the chance of coccidioisis spread?
It creates spores that you can breathe in if you walk through an area
How is histoplasma spread? Where in the US
Birds and bird dung; MO
Penicillium marneffei is carried by which animal?
bamboo rats
Where is Penicillium marneffei found geographically?
SE Asia
Categorize:
These are all fungal
What body parts does CMV cytomegalovirus infect?
eyes, colon, throat, others, stomach
CMV is a ___-like __ virus
Herpes like DNA virus
Apthous ulcers treatment is
thalidomide
Issues with thalidomide are
pregnancy complications
MAC is where?
water and soil
MAC stands for
mycobacterium avium
MAC is treated by
antibiotics
Cryptococcal meningitis travels how
from bird dung, lung, brain
The cause of cryptococcal meningigits is
the yeast/fungi cryptococcus neoformals
Who is cryptococcal meningigits common in
homeless and city dwellers exposed to pidgeons
Cryptosporiasis affects the
intestines, gut
Cryptosporiasis is cause by
oral fecal contamination
Toxoplasmosis is caused by
uncooked meat, litter boxes
Toxoplasmosis needs what type of treatment
continous treatment
Toxoplasmosis affects which organ
the brain
Other symptoms of HIV are
dementia, diarrhea, wasting, lymphomas
