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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
bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... 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
bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Aspergillosis #Treatment
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
A and B virus infection ... A virus (HAV) infection ... B virus (HBV) infection ... • Malaria • ... Opportunistic #Infections
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... play a role in treatment ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #Indications #infections ... #management #treatment
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
A and B virus infection ... A virus (HAV) infection ... B virus (HBV) infection ... • Malaria • ... Opportunistic #Infections
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... Radiology • Miliary ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... Mesothelioma, Miliary
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... disease Viral Infection ... Protozoa (eg. malaria
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
History - Clues to Infectious ... → Risk of malaria ... Herpesvirus B infection ... - Mosquito → Malaria ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... hours • Viral infections ... • Rickettsiae infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... viral source Non-Infectious