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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... legionella/strep, HIV ... DDX: • CAP, ... Treatment: • ... #ILD #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... are pulmonary • HIV ... Treatment: Active ... TST or IGRA HIV ... : • HIV-infected
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... are pulmonary • HIV ... Treatment: Active ... TST or IGRA HIV ... : • HIV-infected
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... individual with active ... TB disease • HIV ... carcinoma of head/neck/lung ... individuals #Tuberculosis
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Gl, lung, lymphoma ... ) - Treatment ... disorders Infections: HIV ... /AIDS, Tuberculosis ... cardiac cachexia"), COPD