19 results
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... • Reaction to Medications ... : Chronic infections ... , TB, Acute bacterial
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... cæxist with other infections ... KD #vasculitis #rheumatology ... #pediatrics #diagnossi ... #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... , in advanced disease ... mycobacteria Treatment ... • Preventing exacerbations
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
in HIV-AIDS Preventing ... CMV Disease: ... CMV end-organ disease ... ., concomitant medications ... #Treatment #management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
and Disease in ... disease) Indications ... Disease: • After ... #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... flares: • Prevention ... of infections) ... syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess Management ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary