Ch 32 Management of patients with immune deficiency disorders Flashcards
Candidiasis
Fungal infection, usually of skin, or mucous membrane, caused by candida species
Enzyme immunoassay EIA
A blood test that can determine the presence of antibodies to HIV in the blood or saliva; a variant of this test is called enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ELISA
HIV 1
Retrovirus, isolated, and recognized as the etiologic agent of HIV disease
HIV encephalopathy
Clinical syndrome characterized by a progressive decline in cognitive, behavioral, and motor functions
Immune reconstitution, inflammatory syndrome, IRIS
A syndrome that results from the rapid restoration of pathogen specific immune response is to opportunistic infections
Kaposi syndrome
Malignancy that involves the epithelial layer of blood and lymphocytic vessels
Latent, Reservoir
The integrated HIV provirus within the CD 4 T cell during the resting memory state; does not express, viral proteins, and is invisible to the immune system and antiviral medication’s
Mycobacterium avium complex MAC
Opportunistic infection caused by microbacterial organisms that commonly causes a respiratory illness, but can also infect other body systems
Opportunistic infection
Illness caused by various organisms, some of which typically do not cause disease in people with normal immune systems
Peripheral neuropathy
Disorder characterized by sensory loss, pain, muscle weakness, and wasting of muscles in the hands or legs and feet
Pneumocystis pneumonia PCP
Common opportunistic, lung infection; pathogen implicated is pneumocystis jirovecii 
Polymerase chain reaction, PCR
A sensitive laboratory technique that can detect and quantify HIV in a persons, blood or lymph nodes
Post exposure prophylactic PEP
Taking anti-retroviral medicines as soon as possible, but no more than 72 hours after possible, HIV exposure; 2 to 3 drugs are usually prescribed, which must be taken for 28 days
Preexposure prophylactics PrEP
Prevention method for HIV negative people who are at high risk of HIV infection; involves taking a specific combination of HIV medication daily; use with condoms and other prevention tools
Primary immune deficiency diseases, PIDDs
Rare, genetic disorders that impair the immune system
