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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
Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Disease Progression ... TB #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
Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Disease Progression ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatoid Arthritis - ACR 2021 Guidelines
 - Low Disease Activity
 - Moderate to High Disease Activity
Guidelines - Low Disease ... Activity - Moderate ... to High Disease ... ACR2021 #Guidelines #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
manifestations of active ... of developing active ... intermediate risk of disease ... years of age ACTIVE ... used to exclude pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pneumonia • Tuberculous ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... Collagen vascular disease ... Gastrointestinal disease ... • Uremia • Meigs
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... for concomitant pulmonary ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
for First Time Pulmonary ... Unprovoked • Active ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... Treatment #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Disease OLIGOARTHRITIS ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... (tuberculosis) ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... autoinflammatory diseases ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
with more severe disease ... Used to monitor disease ... activity Anti-Ro ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management