Opportunistic infections — Flashcards

#1

What CD4+ cell count is associated with CMV retinitis in HIV patients?_____

#2

Pneumocystitis jirovecii prophylaxis in HIV patients should be started at CD4 counts < _____ with TMP-SMX

#3

_____ is a Herpesvirus that causes retinitis in HIV patients that presents with cotton-wool spots on fundoscopy.

#4

HHV-8 infection is common in _____ patients

#5

When is prophylaxis for Toxoplasmosis initiated (CD4+)?_____

#6

_____ syndrome is a condition seen in some cases of immunosuppression (AIDS), in which the immune system begins to recover, but then responds to a previously acquired opportunistic infection with an overwhelming inflammatory response that paradoxically makes the symptoms of infection worse

#7

Toxoplasmosis prophylaxis in HIV patients should be started at CD4 counts < _____ with TMP-SMX

#8

Pneumocyctis pneumonia

#9

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____.

#10

prostatitis

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