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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
infectionPulmonary ... (NTM) • Fungal ... : Symptomatic Primary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infectionPulmonary ... (NTM) • Fungal ... : Symptomatic Primary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Infections in HIV-AIDS ... Severe Disseminated Disease ... weeks or until clinically ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #infections #HIVAIDS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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reactivation of latent ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... #InfectiousDiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... • Histoplasma capsulatum ... infection Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS ... (Diffuse Pulmonary ... • Use until clinical ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #infections #HIVAIDS
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
HIV-AIDS Treating ... for active or latent ... Active TB Disease ... persons with clinical ... #infections #HIVAIDS
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Treponema pallidum Infections (Syphilis) to Prevent Disease in HIV-AIDS
Early Stage (Primary, Secondary,
in HIV-AIDS Early ... Stage (Primary, ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
is the agent of ... pulmonary infection ... antigen testing ... , ocular, or disseminated ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nodular or ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Primarily occurs ... Disease: Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases