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‘ Difficult ’ Case 1

‘ Difficult ’ Case 1. Sanjay Bhagani Royal Free Hospital and UCL, London. 34yr old male, from Brazil Married, no children 6 week history of intermittent fevers, dry cough, weight loss, shortness of breath on exertion HIV-1 positive, CD4 320 (17%), viral load 3300 c/ml HBV and HCV negative.

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‘ Difficult ’ Case 1

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  1. ‘Difficult’ Case 1 Sanjay Bhagani Royal Free Hospital and UCL, London

  2. 34yr old male, from Brazil • Married, no children • 6 week history of intermittent fevers, dry cough, weight loss, shortness of breath on exertion • HIV-1 positive, CD4 320 (17%), viral load 3300 c/ml • HBV and HCV negative

  3. O/E • Thin and cachectic • Breathless at rest • Small lymph nodes in the cervical region • Skin - normal • HS – normal • Chest: fine crackles at bases, reduced air entry at bases • Oxygen saturation – 90% at rest • Hepatosplenomegaly

  4. What’s the differential diagnosis?

  5. What would you do next?

  6. What was actually done? • High-dose intravenous co-trimoxazole • Intravenous methylpredinisolone 40mg bd • Intravenous amoxycillin-clavulinate • Oral clarithromycin • Transferred to our unit • Feels much better • CXR repeated day 3

  7. Are we happy that we have the right diagnosis or do we need to do other tests?

  8. Underwent bronchoscopy and BAL at day 4 • Cytology – no PJP • Smear negative, TB-PCR negative, no positive bacterial/fungal cultures • Serum CrAg, toxoplasma negative • Prednisolone reduced and stopped, continued on i.v antibiotics

  9. Day 7 – fevers return • More breathless • CXR

  10. Now what?

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