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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
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
, and sexually active ... screen within 1 year ... HIV aged 21–29 should ... • Pap test should ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... damage - CXR should ... Residency @CMC_IM #Potts ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
algorithm. ... Areas of diagnostic ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
team of problem ... • Diagnostic ... Plan definitive management ... generally toward left shoulder ... #Management #Workup
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... sx improve with activity ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... #management #rheumatology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... and molecular diagnostic ... treatment should ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
the following should ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... • Persistently active ... #Management