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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... and Testing: • ... #Management #treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
(NTM) Infections ... Cause Many Illnesses ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
DM DDX: • Nontuberculous ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... #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
DM DDX: • Nontuberculous ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... skin lesions, ocular ... #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... simplex virus, HIV ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Urinary antigen testing ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections