Friday, March 1, 2013

Neurologic diseases in HIV patients

1) Dementia
2) Retinitis (CMV), CD4<50
3) Meningitis, encephalitis (Cryptococcus neophormans - yeast w/narrow-based budding & large capsule), CD4<50
4) Abscess (Toxoplasma gondii - ring-enhanced lesions), CD4<100
5) Encephalopathy, PML (JC virus reactivation, demyelination), CD4<200

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