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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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
algorithm. ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
intrapulmonary vascular ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Should be performed ... 10 minutes of rest ... Intra-pulmonary vascular
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... Vascular/Blockage ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... or dilated) • Valvular ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Contraception counseling should ... started, patients should
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Infection and Disease ... (+) screening test ... empiric treatment should ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

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