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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
TB: • HIV • Recent ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Active TB: • ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... • CD4 < 200: PCP ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... PCR sputum, PCP ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Active TB: • ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Diagnosis: Quantitative ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... association with PJP/TB ... #AIDS #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of treatment of HIV ... • 10-20% of HIV-infected ... a decrease in HIV ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... • Persistently active
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Carbapenems - IV ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
pyogenic process • PCR ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Symptoms, CXR mimic TB ... CSF similar to TB ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia: • PVL ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #infectiousdiseases
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Influenza Checklist Diagnostic ... antigens - Nares PCR ... - CT scan if diagnostic ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare