Crypotoccal Meningitis

•Headache with meningeal signs should prompt the search for cryptococcal meningitis

•Diagnosis made with CSF identification of cryptococcal antigen on india ink stain

•Candidal esophagitis, often in the presence of oral thrush Treatment with fluconazole or ketoconazole

•Esophageal herpetic ulcers are treated with acyclovir

•Esophageal CMV ulcers are treated with gancyclovir

•Idiopathic HIV ulcers are treated with oral prednisone