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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... TB and CD4 cell ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... system • Bones and ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... chronic pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Clinical Disease ... Disease Note: Treatment ... preventing clinical ... #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
prophylaxis for primary prevention ... ulceration or treatment ... Risk Factors • Clinical ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... chronic pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... emphasis placed on prevention ... then placed on prevention ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #pharmacology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... of diagnosing and ... standard • Liquid and ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... Tuberculosis (MDR-TB ... MDRTB #management #Treatment ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment ... infections • Preventing