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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 infections ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... chronic pulmonary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
of diagnosing and ... infection in patients ... standard • Liquid and ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... subcutaneous tissues, brain ... 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 infections ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... chronic pulmonary
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Transport to brain ... vasculature via: • Active ... transport across blood-brain ... #InfectiousDiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... cause primary pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... : • Pulmonary ( ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
• Traumatic brain ... seizure activity ... epilepticus • Pathophysiology ... Edema: • Pathophysiology ... • Pathophysiology