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Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Steroids play a role ... treatment • TB ... meningitis • TB ... hypoxemia • Immune ... #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
(NTM) • Fungal ... Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... (IGRA) have no role ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(NTM) • Fungal ... Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... (IGRA) have no role ... #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
animals • Milk • Food ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... baseline or both • Rule ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an immune ... mediated disease • Immune ... Diagnosis: • Must rule ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management