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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
TB: • HIV • Recent ... infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... TB • Many possible ... #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and treatment can ... • Syphilis • Tuberculosis ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #differential #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... initiation Clinical ... Other Pathogens Associated ... • Persistently active ... #Differential #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Principles of HIV-Associated ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... • Neoplastic: Paraneoplastic ... Polymyositis • Immune ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
: • Syndrome of ... abscessus • Line associated ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... simplex virus, HIV ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology ... #differential