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Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Steroids play a role ... in treatment ... hypoxemia • Immune ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... impaired cellular immune ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... #treatment #fungal ... #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
Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... (IGRA) have no role ... TB #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
Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... (IGRA) have no role ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... Inflammatory Syndrome ... baseline or both • Rule ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology: • Immune ... response preceding infection ... : Due to nerve root ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology