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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: • Endogenous ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... 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
Tuberculosis: • Endogenous ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Drug Adherence • Disease ... Activity Assessment ... diarrhea correlates w active ... Colonoscopy • Rule-Out Infection ... Escalate Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... infection in patients ... intermediate risk of disease ... • Tuberculosis infection ... • Recent viral infections
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... neuropathy Treatment ... Specific anti-infectious ... with refractory disease
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Unknown cause Treatment
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Algorithm Assess for Active ... Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease ... Esophageal #Crohns #Disease ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... autoinflammatory diseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... , Disseminated infection ... this morphology Treatment ... Diseases Fellows ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment