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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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Prevotella • Fungal ... westermani • Other: TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... specificity to assign a final ... Stewardship #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... hematogenous spread - Fungal ... #neurology #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... and sensitive tests ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... #management #neurology