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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 ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 Diagnosis ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
individual with active ... TB • Abnormal ... disease • HIV ... hemodialysis • diabetes ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
(CPPD) Pathophysiology ... deposit and can activate ... culture used to diagnose ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk: Diabetes ... extrapulmonary disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... soil, plants, or plant ... #Management #Infections