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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
90%) & develop latent ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... reactivation of a latent ... Presentation: Latent
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... reactivation of a latent ... Presentation: Latent
Syphilis Staging - Primary, Secondary, Latent and Tertiary - Timing and Features

Primary syphilis classically presents with
Primary, Secondary, Latent ... The latent stage ... Early latent stage ... and late latent ... Primary #Secondary #Latent
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... developing active infection ... single specimen are ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Syphilis - Latent ... - Early Latent ... - Early latent ... - Late Latent ... - Late latent patients
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
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
mastoid air cells are ... aditus ad antrum -> Patent ... resolution of infection ... -> Petrositis (infection ... inflammation or infection
 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 ... -48 hours post-ingestion
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... Opportunistic Infections ... reactivation of latent ... are present in ... tuberculomas, or abscesses
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
treatment, the infection ... progress to the latent ... and late stages ... secondary syphilis are ... faint that they are