Essential Facts on the Go: Internal Medicine (31 page)

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Authors: Lauren Stern,Vijay Lapsia

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Presence of an AIDS-defining illness (side b)
Pregnant/nursing females
HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN)
Acute HIV infection
VII_2_b
Organ-Specific Opportunistic Infections in HIV

Opportunistic Infection Phophylaxis:

Pneumocystis Carinii
Pneumonia (PCP)
At risk if CD4 < 200
Bactrim DS po daily (alternatives include atovaquone, dapsone, inhaled pentamidine
Mycobacterium Avium
Complex (MAC)
At risk if CD4 < 50
Azithromycin 1200 mg po weekly
Tuberculosis
At risk regardless of CD4 count!

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