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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
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
and initial management ... laboratory tests ... to adjust treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #HIT
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
) - Diagnosis and ... : Confirmatory test ... and management ... #Management #Treatment ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Orofacial Granulomatosis - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Idiopathic OFG: isolated swelling of the lips, BX+ non-caseating granuloma
Melkersson-Rosenthal
Granulomatosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... facial paralysis *Differential ... , Sarcoidosis, TB ... #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... regardless of screening test ... molecular diagnostic ... tests, empiric ... #management #opportunistic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... (<100), except TB ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
negative, MOG-IgG test ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #differential