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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
: • Fever • Weight ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
: • Fever • Weight ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
opportunistic infection ... granulomatous nephritis, fevers ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... keratitis, iritis • CMV ... Fever, chills, lack
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... (+) screening test ... and molecular diagnostic ... #IDSA #Prevention ... #opportunistic
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Headache (45%) • Fever ... Presentations: • Opportunistic ... in which case opportunistic ... Cytomegalovirus (CMV ... ) Treatment:
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
IDSA Recommendations ... end-organ disease ... is best prevented ... #IDSA #Prevention ... #opportunistic
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... Renal Failure Treatment ... coagulopathy, RRT/IMV ... management #hematology #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
adults in the west ... Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... infiltrate any organ ... microglobulin Treatment ... #workup #oncology
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
pts a CBC and CMP ... bedside echo is never ... a bad idea - make ... Urine Pregnancy Test ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Dyspnea • Fever ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... check for other organ ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology #oncology