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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
Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... based on clinical ... Imaging: - MRI ... #Infections #differential
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
impaired cellular immune ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated ... nervous system (CNS ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... present: • AIDS ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an immune ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... management #neurology #differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Progressive URI ... Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... interstitial diffuse infections ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
meningitis on T2 MRI ... DDX Tb meningitis ... low glucose) CNS ... of prior silent pulmonary ... #Brain #clinical