10 results
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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
individual with active ... CXR consistent ... carcinoma of head/neck/lung ... Underweight • Injection ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... /symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... tissue damage - CXR
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
endobronchial TB ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... #diagnosis #clinical ... #radiology #ChestCT ... #pathophysiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... westermani • Other: TB
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... of CXR congestion ... #management #cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
increased B-cell activity ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB
Conduct Disorder (CD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >3 symptoms present in the past
Pathogenesis and clinical ... someone into sexual activity ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #psychiatry