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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 ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... #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
infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... 1) Primary Syphilis ... individuals with HIV ... #stages #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... reactivation of latent ... Antimicrobial treatment ... altered mental status ... in HIV: • CNS
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
injury → mucous stasis ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... • Primary ciliary ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... mycobacteria Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Primarily occurs ... Disease: Clinical ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #treatment #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Reconstitution Inflammatory ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... the tuberculoma (later ... stage) • Headache
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• A state of hyperinflammatory ... worsening of that disease ... pleural effusions, CNS ... skin lesions, ocular ... #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
iron overload states ... pulmonary infection ... antigen testing ... , ocular, or disseminated ... #Management #Infections