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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Epidemiology ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... intermediate risk of disease ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cytomegalovirus disease ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... , any site (pulmonary ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
and Management ... Summary Sources ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
and Management ... Summary Disease ... Vomiting, diarrhea, ARDS ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... camping) The Disease ... : • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections