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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
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Disease Progression ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Leukemia) • GI diseases ... - Celiac - IBD ... liver or kidney disease ... smoking, etoh, decr activity ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #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
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Disease Progression ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
manifestations of active ... of developing active ... intermediate risk of disease ... years of age ACTIVE ... #InfectiousDiseases
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Algorithm Assess for Active ... Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease ... Management #Algorithm #treatment ... #IBD
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Rheumatologic Disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... (tuberculosis) ... Ankylosing Spondylitis, IBD
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... individual with active ... consistent with old TB disease ... • kidney disease ... individuals #Tuberculosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... immunocompromised, IBD ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases