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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
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
or been newly diagnosed ... HIV aged 21–29 should ... following initial diagnosis ... • Pap test should ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Tetralogy of Fallot Summary
 • Anatomy
 • Incidence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Common Variants
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• “Blue” Tet Options ... Tetralogy #Fallot #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #peds #pediatrics ... #treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... individual with active TB ... consistent with old TB ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... age ACTIVE TB
Histoplasmosis - Histoplasma capsulatum 
Found in Spelunkers. Caves. Bat and Bird droppings
Distribution: Mississippi and Ohio River
• Disseminated infection ... Flu-like • Chronic infection ... : TB-like Treatment ... #Histoplasma #Diagnosis ... #Distribution #Diagnosis
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
demonstrates a poor diagnostic ... monthsof age and should ... guide intial treatment ... #Review #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Laboratory
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... and Differential Diagnosis ... e.g. cirrhosis + TB ... bilirubin 2) Routine tests ... 3) Optional tests
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Differentials Diagnosis ... Presentation • Diagnosis ... • Treatment ... #management #cardiology ... summary #peds #pediatrics