Week 6: HIV testing and treatment Flashcards
Question: What is differential diagnosis and what tests to be performed?
- HIV
- allergic dermatitis
- secondary syphilis
- coxsackie
- scarlet fever (throat swab rapid antigen test or culture
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HIV screening guidelines
Case
- so not strep
- has secondary syphilis
- could have HIV depending on generation of test
Clinical course of HIV and CD4 count and viral load
- viral load goes from nothing to very high around 10 million copies and very contagious but too soon to have antibody test
- viral load could be high but Ab test could be negative
- sero-conversion is Ab negative to Ab positive
- CD4 cells are located everywhere in the body (test the blood)
- HIV only infects via CD4 receptor and only activated CD4 cells
- HIV is enveloped so when it replicates it takes a piece of the cell membrane with it
- so CD4 goes down then back up as they are recruited and then slow decline around 100 cells per year
- Immune system is constantly stimulated because HIV viral replication is very prone to mutation which keeps changing
HIV testing
Forms of HIV testing
- HIV Ab Elisa screen
- Western blot
- HIV Ab Elisa followed by automatic WB confirmation
Rapid HIV Testing
HIV Ab Elisa screen
HIV Confirmatory testing
Western blot
3rd generation HIV screening
- HIV Ab Elisa followed by automatic WB confirmation
- Antigens bind HIV antibodies from patient sample
- Allows detection in early seroconversion
- 6-8 week window period
Features of HIV Ab Elisa screen
- High sensitivity
- false-positive possible
- 6-8 week window period
Features of Western blot HIV testing
- High specificity
- Confirmatory testing
Features of 4th generation HIV testing
- Antigens bind HIV Abs from patient sample & monoclonal Abs detect p24 antigen
- Allows detection prior to seroconversion
- Detect between 12-26 days from exposure
What is Acute Retroviral Syndrome?
Symptomatic acute HIV infection that occurs 2-4 weeks after infection which presents like nonspecific flu-like illness for 3-14 days
Diagnosis of Acute Retroviral Syndrome
3rd or 4th generation HIV screening test negative or indeterminate with HIV RNA high
Are you contagious in Acute Retroviral Syndrome?
Highly infectious at this time
Presentation of Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Symptomatic acute HIV infection presenting as non-specific flu-like illness for 3-14 days 2-4 weeks post HIV infection
HIV screening algorithm
Continued case presentation
Potentially infectious agents of HIV
- Blood
- Breast milk
- Tissue
- Semen
- Vaginal secretions
- Anal secretions
- Visibly bloody fluids
- Other bodily fluids
NOT infectious agents of HIV
- Urine
- Saliva
- Sweat
- Tears
- Nasal secretions
- Sputum
- Vomitus
- Stool
Forms of higher risk HIV transmission risk
- Receptive anal sex 0.3% - 3%
- Needle sharing 0.67%
Forms of lower risk HIV transmission risk
- oral sex 0.06%
- Insertive sex 0.03 - 0.14%
CD4 count of HIV clinical Assessment
- Used to stage disease
- Stage 1: asymptomatic CD4>500
- Stage 2: CD4 200-500
- Stage 3: CD4 <200, <14%, or opportunistic disease or malignancy
HIV Viral load of HIV clinical Assessment
- Used to monitor ARV therapy
- Well controlled: viral load undetectable
- Suboptimally or uncontrolled viral load detectable
Stage 1 HIV
- asymptomatic
- CD4>500
Stage 2 HIV
CD4 200-500
Stage 3 HIV
- CD4<200, <14%
- opportunistic disease or malignancy
Well controled HIV
viral load is undetectable
Suboptimally or uncontrolled HIV
- Viral load is detectable
How is HIV viral load determined
HIV RNA Quantitative PCR
Describe the natural history of HIV infection
What stage are most new diagnosis of HIV?
- 38% of new HIV diagnosis in the U.S. already have advanced disease
Why is it important to diagnose HIV early?
People who know they have HIV can begin treatment
HIV treatment
- HAART/ART
- results in viral suppression and markedly reduced transmission
What is the best treatment for HIV?
Prevention but also treating those with HIV reduces risk of transmission with HAART/ART treatment
When to start HIV treatment
ASAP in all HIV-infected adults as long as the patient is ready (A1 recommendation)
HIV Treatment must start conditions
- opportunistic infections
- Tuberculosis
- HIV-AN, Co-infection with HBV or HCV
- Pregnant women
ARV agents mechanism of action
ARV Mechanism of action cont.
NRTI Antiretroviral Medications
NRTI means?
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
NNRTI Antiretroviral Medications
NNRTI means?
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
PI Antiretroviral Medications
PI means?
Protease Inhibitor
Types of antiretroviral medications
6 listed
- NRTIs
- NNRTIs
- PIs
- Integrase Inhibitors
- Entry inhibitors
- Phamokinetic boosters
Current NRTI Antiretroviral Medications
- Abacavir
- didanosine
- Emtricitabine
- Lamivudine
- Stavudine
- Tenofovir AF or DF
- Zidovudine
Current NNRTI Antiretroviral Medications
5 listed
- Doravirine
- Efavirenz
- Etravirine
- Nevirapine
- Rilpivirine
Current PI Antiretroviral Medications
*Include booster*
- Atazanavir
- Darunavir
- Fosamprenavir
- Indinavir
- Lopinavir
- Nelfinavir
- Saquinavir
- Tipranavir
Current Integrase Inhibitors Antiretroviral Medications
4 listed
- Bictegravir
- Dolutegravir
- Elvitegravir (with cobicistat)
- Raltegravir
Current Entry Inhibitiors Antiretroviral Medications
3 listed
- Enfuvirtide
- Ibalizumab
- Maraviroc
Current Pharmacokinetic Boosters Antiretroviral Medications
2 listed
- Ritonavir
- Cobicistat
HAART guidelines: Initial Regiment
Describe prevention of HIV Resistance
Explain steps of HIV infection & replication
10 listed
FBIRITAABM
- Free virus
- Binding and fusion: to a CD4 molecule and one of two coreceptors (either CCR5 or CXCR4) Receptor molecules are common on the cell surface. Then the virus fuses with the cell
- Infection: Virus penetrates cell and contents are emptied into cell
- Reverse Transcription: Single strans of viral RNA are converted into double-stranded DNA by the reverse transcriptase enzyme
- Integration: Viral DNA is combined with the cell’s own DNA by the integrase enzyme
- Transcription: When the infected cell divides the viral DNA is “read” and long chains of proteins are made
- Assembly: Sets of viral protein chains come together
- Budding: Immature virus pushes out of the cell taking some of the cell membrane with it. The protease enzume starts processing the proteins in the newly forming virus
- Immature virus breaks free of the infected cell
- Maturation: The protease enzyme finishes cutting HIV protein chains into infividual proteins that combine to make a new working virus
How drug resistance arises in HIV Treatment
Causes of HIV Resistance to Antiretrovirals (ARVs)
ARVs AKA
Antiretrovirals
CD4 coreceptors for HIV
CCR5 and CXCR4
HIV Fusion Inhibitors
- Enfuvitide
- Maraviroc
Maraviroc MOA
CCR5 inhibitor to prevent binding and fusion of HIV
Enfuvitide MOA
prevent HIV fusion with CD4 cells