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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Clinical Signs ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... visualize soft tissue damage
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 ... Tuberculosis: • Endogenous ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... : Active 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 ... Tuberculosis: • Endogenous ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: •
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... inflammation and tissue damage ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... diagnosis column Treatment ... release-reduces damage
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
#wavelengths #causes ... non-melanoma skin cancer: clinical ... , occupational disease ... Welsh MM, Karagas MR ... Mechanisms and treatments
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... muscarinic agonists • Active
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
based on clinical ... PO daily (BI) (dosage ... Note: Active TB ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
hyperinflammatory syndrome caused ... ▪ Autoimmune diseases ... Pathophysiology ... • Tissue damage ... absent NK-cell activity