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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
TB: • Fever • ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... • Check CXR and ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • Fever • ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... • Check CXR and ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Intervention: - Fevers
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... activity!
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... with cough and fever ... interstitial lung disease ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... common • Imaging: CXR ... Renal Failure Treatment ... #oncology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Neutropenic fever ... : - Fever + ANC ... interventional radiology ... or HSCT - CRS: fever ... therapy - Symptoms: fever
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... following: • Fever ... absent NK cell activity ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... #hematology
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
with passive AND active ... ROM +/- fever, ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... cervical, anal Cxs
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Tyrosine Kinase activity ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... #Oncology #Diagnosis