Mr. Baldwin's Follow-up
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation
 

So What Became of Our Patient?

Mr. Baldwin was shocked, angry and humiliated upon finding out the underlying problem. He felt certain he had contracted AIDS from a prostitute several years earlier.
  • He was started on Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for his P. carinii infection and improved dramatically.
He was placed on a multi-drug regimen for his HIV disease, consisting of:  Atripla

In a month he will get a follow-up CD4+ lymphocyte count and plasma HIV level. He is undergoing counseling to deal with a situational depression resulting from his AIDS, but appears now to be accepting his condition.

What about his girlfriend?         Back

 

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