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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
of a latent infection ... characteristic features Clinical ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #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
of a latent infection ... characteristic features Clinical ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... initiation Clinical ... #IRIS #Immune ... #Management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
years Clinical ... lung disease (GLILD ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... (specifically immune ... #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Syndrome (MAS) ... erythematosus [SLE ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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of latent pathogens ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... enhancement on CT