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IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Individualized Treatment ... source cases, the ... source case’s isolate ... MDRTB #management #Treatment ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
Immune Reactions ... Immunosuppressant Drugs ... Immunosuppressant #Drugs ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
of some of the drugs ... most effective treatments ... here are the 4 drug ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-Induced Edema ... is caused by many ... Edema #Medication #Causes ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • TB meningitis ... • TB pericarditis ... (select cases only ... hypoxemia • Immune
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... Generalized: • Auto-immune ... Anti-epileptic drugs ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... inhibitors • Injection drug ... Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... Tuberculosis 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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... inhibitors • Injection drug ... Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... Tuberculosis Treatment
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria: • Immune ... disease Renal Causes ... and SMA - Can cause ... Bacterial) • TB ... Postpartum • Drugs
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... that disrupts immune ... Others: Cellular immune ... deficiency, Drugs ... , Unknown cause