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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... (IGRA) have no role ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #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
• HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... (IGRA) have no role ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
, pulmonary infiltrates ... skin lesions, ocular ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Management
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
and Management ... Pericarditis • Ocular ... Iridocyclitis - Retinal ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #Management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess Management ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
and Management ... pyogenic process • PCR ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Symptoms, CXR mimic TB ... CSF similar to TB
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia: • PVL ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Fomites • Live in a home ... confirmed mpox had ocular ... chain reaction (PCR ... Monkeypox #MPOX #Diagnosis ... #Management #Dermatology