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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... excisional biopsy - Detection ... of AFB by smear microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Management
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... diseases #nephrology #pathology ... #comparison #table ... #diagnosis #microscopy
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
preparation from culture ... Pathology: • Hematoxylin ... #microbiology #microscopy ... #staining #diagnosis ... fungus #comparison #table
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
sensitivity for detection ... tattoo sites for future ... unable to identify pathology ... Bleed #GIBleed #management ... gastroenterology #table
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
LTBI (to prevent TB ... collecting specimen for culture ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI)

Invasive fungal infections are severe infections in which fungal pathogens invade normally sterile
neurological deficits Diagnosis ... Culture and microscopy ... when feasible Management ... of abscesses Selection ... Dependent on timely diagnosis
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... AIDS • Late-term ... arthroconidia mature ... Valley #Fever #Diagnosis