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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
Chronic kidney disease ... Progressive lung disease ... bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... #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
Chronic kidney disease ... Progressive lung disease ... bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... #Diagnosis #Management
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Random: Metastases, Miliary ... Infection (TB, ... Sarcoidosis, NSIP, COP, Infection ... Bronchiectasis: Prior Infection ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Miliary TB
This represents a hematogenous dissemination of infection and may occur in association with either primary
Miliary TB This ... dissemination of infection ... or postprimary disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Miliary
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... / Peptic Ulcer Disease ... differentiate past infection ... Test or repeat EGD ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology ... for submucosal injection ... mucosa Stricture Management ... Aguila @enrrikke #Gastroenterology ... #accessories #EGD
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically active disease ... progressive primary disease ... of the latent infection ... Miliary TB is the ... #Clinical #Radiology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
setting of active GI infection ... congenital heart disease ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... #Indications #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Towards the end ... Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... • Myocardial infarction ... #cardiology #treatment
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Neurodegenerative disorders • Infection ... (Chagas disease ... sphincter to relax EGD ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology