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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 Tuberculosis ... Diagnosis and Management ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... intervention CMC
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... Management: • ... differential #causes #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... despite appropriate treatment ... Treatment Guideline
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 ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Treatment: Active ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... 80% sensitive Tuberculous ... - Hemorrhage, tuberculomas ... , or abscesses
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 ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Treatment: Active ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
with positive serology ... and CD4 count ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management