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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... killed - rest LTBI ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... killed - rest LTBI ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Summary Epidemiology ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... tissue damage - CXR ... #Management #Summary
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... detected on CT or CXR ... if there is no ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... #Summary #CheatSheet
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... in HIV-AIDS Treating ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... TB #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Summary Lung ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... westermani • Other: TB ... #management #treatment
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... are contacts of infectious ... MDR-TB source cases ... #MDRTB #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... starting amiodarone treatment ... , ARDS, DAH, solitary ... failure - Infectious ... #diagnosis #management