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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 ... Presentation: Latent ... : Latent TB: •
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 ... Presentation: Latent ... : Latent TB: •
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 ... #Diagnosis #Syphilis
Tuberculosis Testing

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

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Early Latent ... - Early latent ... - Late Latent ... - Late latent patients ... #Tertiary #Diagnosis
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 ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
 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 ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... reactivation of latent ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... are present in ... tuberculomas, or abscesses
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Itraconazole is the agent ... blood vessels are ... Cryptococcal antigen are ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... in patients who are
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 ... faint that they are ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis