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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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cases Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... pulmonary TB PE ... for concomitant pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
or signs. ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... association with PJP/TB ... #symptoms
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 Overview ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #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
Tuberculosis Overview ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... TB • Many possible ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential #TB ... #neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... , hypoxia, and pulmonary ... #Management
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Arthritis Summary Overview ... knees, shoulders Signs ... & Symptoms: • ... corticosteroid injections ... #management #rheumatology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... Infections: - ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... #neurology #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology