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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 Overview ... Risk Factors For Active ... inhibitors • Injection drug ... Active: Symptomatic ... Active TB: •
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 Overview ... Risk Factors For Active ... inhibitors • Injection drug ... Active: Symptomatic ... Active TB: •
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antifungal Echinocandins ... Antibiotics Class Overview ... vs Candida -> Drug ... Echinocandins lack activity ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... no evidence of active ... • Close contact ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview ... superinfection, drug ... • Persistently active ... infection/drug ... -6 weeks after antifungal
Chloramphenicol - Antibiotics Class Overview

– 50S ribosomal inhibitor.   IV or PO (but PO form
Antibiotics Class Overview ... beta-lactam allergy (has activity ... beta-lactam allergy would ... several weeks after drug ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics