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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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Joint #pain #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... confirm DAH, rule out ... infection, biopsy ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... disease states Pathophysiology ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... Diagnose concomitant infection
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
peripheral blood leukocytes ... Neutrophil (Normal) Differential ... overlook severe infections ... #Bandemia #differential ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
Pathophysiology: ... integrity (trauma, infection ... commonly renal and pulmonary ... Palpable #Algorithm #Differential
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Causes - Rule out ... Valves • Pulmonary ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... • Superimposed infection ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Intracellular (leukocyte ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... cortical bone Treatment ... treatment; consider ... diagnosis #management #treatment