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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 ... Tuberculosis Disease ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... #Management #Treatment
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 ... Tuberculosis Disease ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... #Management #Treatment
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 ... stage) • Headache ... #TB #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... • A state of hyperinflammatory ... #IRIS #Immune ... #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... reactivation of latent ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... altered mental status
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

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