Diagnosaurus
Altered mental status in HIV/AIDS
DDx
- Mass lesion: toxoplasmosis, CNS lymphoma, brain abscess, metastatic tumor, cryptococcoma
- Other infections: bacterial meningitis, cryptococcal meningitis, herpes simplex virus encephalitis, neurosyphilis, tuberculous meningitis, bacteremia
- Other: AIDS dementia, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, stroke, seizure, depression, metabolic, eg, hypoxia, hypoglycemia, uremic or hepatic encephalopathy
See related DDx
Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Altered Mental Status in HIV/AIDS." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114850/0/Altered_mental_status_in_HIV_AIDS.
Zeiger RFR. Altered mental status in HIV/AIDS. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114850/0/Altered_mental_status_in_HIV_AIDS. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Altered mental status in HIV/AIDS. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114850/0/Altered_mental_status_in_HIV_AIDS
Zeiger RFR. Altered Mental Status in HIV/AIDS [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114850/0/Altered_mental_status_in_HIV_AIDS.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Altered mental status in HIV/AIDS
ID - 114850
A1 - Zeiger,Roni F,
Y1 - 2014/12/01/
BT - Diagnosaurus
UR - https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114850/0/Altered_mental_status_in_HIV_AIDS
PB - McGraw-Hill Education
ET - 4
DB - Medicine Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
