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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
infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Treatment: Active ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Treatment: Active ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
metastases, CTCL, GVHD, Paraneoplastic ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... Associated: Morbilliform ... #differential #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... result with no clinical ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Active #LatentTB ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Penicillium • BDG is associated ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Principles of HIV-Associated ... reactivation of latent ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... abscessus • Line associated ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Other Pathogens Associated ... • Persistently active
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... persons with clinical ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Primary form: not associated ... Can cause TYPE IV ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... muscarinic agonists • Active