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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and ... lung) 5) Protoscolex ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
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 (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... < 200: Pulmonary ... /diff, Blood and ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
circulation in the lungs ... then coughed up and ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
CT - Pathophysiology ... glass opacity lung ... physical exam and ... #pulmonary #ChestCT ... #Pathophysiology
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
migrate to lungs ... are coughed up and ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
fully inflate the lung ... Overcome resistive and ... forces of the lung ... Diagnosis #Balloon #Pathophysiology ... #Pulmonary
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
various tissues and ... Divide in the gut and ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite