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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
rest LTBI (-) Immune ... characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
rest LTBI (-) Immune ... characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... #Management
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... other explanation should ... if they have no clinical ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... underlying genetic immune ... age, however the disease ... following: • Fever ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an immune ... • Immune Mediated ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... Erythema nodosum • Immune ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... number of sites of disease
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... on MRA/CTA • Anterior ... count in the CSF should ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #management #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
located on the anterior ... symptoms such as fever ... the ankles and knees ... Diagnostic Approach ... #Management