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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
Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #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
Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... > 10 days - Hemoptysis ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... leukoencephalopathy (PML
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
pyogenic process • PCR ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... CSF similar to TB ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemoptysis (occasionally ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential