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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... single specimen are ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #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
terminal alveoli and are ... HIV • Recent infection ... emboli • Lung abscess ... immunosuppression • 75% are ... Langerhans giant cells are
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
terminal alveoli and are ... HIV • Recent infection ... emboli • Lung abscess ... immunosuppression • 75% are ... Langerhans giant cells are
Abscess: Marked swelling and redness is apparent just above antecubital fossa. This is caused by an
Abscess: Marked ... the skin during injection ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Antecubital #Fossa #Arm ... #UCSDH
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
sites include penis ... to asymptomatic infection ... - Early latent ... -Gumma are ulcerating ... Comprehensive Review of Infectious
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... reactivation of latent ... are present in ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Poisoning There are ... (~6 hours post-ingestion ... nausea, vomiting Latent ... -24 hours post-ingestion ... multi-organ failure (ARDS
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... to an existing infection ... opportunistic infection ... be present: • AIDS ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection ... Disease in HIV-AIDS ... for active or latent ... a person with infectious ... opportunistic #infections
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
blood vessels are ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Cryptococcal antigen are ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... in patients who are