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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
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
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
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Syndrome (IRIS) ... : • In HIV+, usually ... the tuberculoma (later ... stage) • Headache
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
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
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... simplex virus, HIV ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology