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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
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... failure - Infectious ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... macrophages Treatment
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
bed, or lifting arms ... with restricted active ... hypothyroidism, infection ... universally used, ultrasound ... TREATMENT: • The
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
antigens - Nares PCR ... function tests - Ultrasound ... opportunistic infection ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary