Gayani Jayasooriya

 

Causative organisms of HIV associated conditions

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Aspergillus

I

HPV

B

Candida

J

Leishmania

C

Cryptococcus

K

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

D

Cryptosporidium

L

Pneumocyctis carinii

E

CMV

M

Toxoplasmosis

F

EBV

 

 

G

HBV

 

 

H

HCV

 

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A patient is short of breath, has a non-productive cough. He has a fever and a CXR shows bilateral peri-hilar shadowing. A cytological diagnosis was made by a positive silver stain.

 

 

2. A patient has focal neurological signs and a CT of the brain shows multiple ring enhanced lesions.

 

 

3. A patient presents with creamy-whitish plaques in the mouth. He complains that his mouth burns a little.

 

 

4. A patient has bilateral retinitis. He also has colitis and a biopsy of bowel mucosa reveals Ôowls eyeÕ cytoplasmic inclusion bodies.

 

 

5. A patient presents with painless greyish-white like growths on her vulva. They have a characteristic cauliflower like appearance.

 

 

ANSWERS

1. L

2. M

3. B

4. E

5. I