07-26-2009, 06:44 PM
A HIV +ve pt comes with odynophagia, his cd4 count is 40 & on antiviral meds
whats the tx for his odynophagia?
whats the tx for his odynophagia?
odynophagia - octreotide
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07-26-2009, 06:44 PM
A HIV +ve pt comes with odynophagia, his cd4 count is 40 & on antiviral meds
whats the tx for his odynophagia?
07-26-2009, 06:49 PM
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
07-26-2009, 06:51 PM
most likely candidiasis ... so rx with fluconazole (life long)
07-26-2009, 06:56 PM
fluconazole.
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