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Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
100mg daily + rifampin ... 100mg daily + rifampin ... Disease #Leprosy #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... dissemination Diagnosis ... Isoniazid and Rifampin ... #Management #Summary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... • Followed by rifampin ... • Isoniazid + rifampin ... Tuberculosis #TB #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
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... • Followed by rifampin ... • Isoniazid + rifampin ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Chronic phase: rifampicin ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis ... #management #Bartonella
Abnormally Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Red:
 - Hematuria, Hemoglobinuria, Myoglobinuria
 - Beets, Rhubarb, Blackberries, Artificial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Increased bilirubin - Rifampin ... /rifampicin, Phenazopyridine ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rifamycins - Antibiotics Class Overview

Include Rifampin, Rifaximin, Rifapentine, Rifabutin.

Mechanism: Inhibits bacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (unique mechanism).
Overview Include Rifampin ... Rifampin (PO and ... Overview #Rifamycins #Rifampin
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Preferred) - 4 mos rifampin ... isoniazid plus rifampin ... Tuberculosis #treatment #management
Doses of Antituberculosis Drugs for Adults and Children - IDSA
First-line drugs:
 • Isoniazid
 • Rifampin
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Isoniazid • Rifampin ... #Medications #management
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Quinine, Probenecid, Rifampin ... , Sulfa drugs, Rifampin ... #differential #diagnosis