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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
90%) & develop latent ... infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... - Only latent ... #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... - Only latent ... #LatentTB
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
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Treponema pallidum Infections (Syphilis) to Prevent Disease in HIV-AIDS
Early Stage (Primary, Secondary,
Infections (Syphilis ... Stage (Primary, ... 1 dose (BII) Late-Latent ... (>1 year) or Latent ... 28 days (BIII) Late-Stage
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 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... Disease: • Clinical
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 ... - Treponema Pallidum
Mycoses

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