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odynophagia - octreotide
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A HIV +ve pt comes with odynophagia, his cd4 count is 40 & on antiviral meds
whats the tx for his odynophagia?
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#2

MCC is Candida which will be treated with fluconazole.

If not improvement is seen in 3-4 days then is either Herpes or CMV. Diagnosis will be made based on endoscopy
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#3
most likely candidiasis ... so rx with fluconazole (life long)
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#4
fluconazole.
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