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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
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... intermediate risk of disease ... used to exclude pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... Connective tissue diseases ... , in advanced disease ... • HRCT (high-resolution ... mycobacteria Treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
with passive AND active ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... count, and crystal evaluation ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... reactivation of latent ... presentation, temporal evolution ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... • Persistently active
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
with restricted active ... • An evaluation ... hypothyroidism, infection ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
and Disease in ... (to prevent TB disease ... no evidence of active ... for active or latent ... TB Disease: •
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... risk of clonal evolution ... influence outcomes and treatment ... cardiovascular or pulmonary ... may result in an infection