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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... TB and CD4 cell ... Opportunistic #Infections #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... intervention CMC ... #Diagnosis #Management
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
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 ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Management - GrepMed ... Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
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 ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis ... Summary Pathophysiology ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... not feasible CMC ... Bullous #Pemphigoid #Diagnosis