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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... deposit and can activate ... Acute CPP Crystal ... • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
deposit and can activate ... Acute CPP Crystal ... shaped • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... #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
Most bacteria killed ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... NAA (PCR) and Culture ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Most bacteria killed ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... NAA (PCR) and Culture ... #Management #Treatment