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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... RIPE therapy for 2
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
contain bacilli 2. ... Asymptomatic 2. ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
contain bacilli 2. ... Asymptomatic 2. ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... vori Infectious Diseases ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... presentation of TB ... Diagnosis • Management ... - Pulmonary disease ... Amphotericin B for 1-2
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
> disseminated 2. ... incubation 4 major clinical ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Inoculum 2. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... than 50/μL) 2. ... Disease: Clinical ... : • Clinical ( ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... the first 1 to 2 ... initiation Clinical ... starting ART < 2 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... fungal stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management