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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
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Disease Progression ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
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 ... Disease Progression ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Diagnosis and Management ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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translocation • Types: Classification ... Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... Solid Tumors • Tuberculosis ... #differential #hematology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... with more severe disease ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
and Management ... ♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... approach for post-test ... : Confirmatory test ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
The interferon (IFN) signature: what’s the point? How to use it in clinical practice?

Characterizing activity of
understanding of pathophysiology ... To propose new classifications ... for diseases ... IFN #signature #diagnosis ... #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Hematologic malignancy ... patients with typical tuberculosis
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... permeability Diagnosis ... #cerebritis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment