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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
characteristic features ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #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
characteristic features ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... should be done in ALL ... for concomitant pulmonary
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Excessive glutamate activity ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment ... neurology #diagnosis #management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Imaging: - MRI ... 80% sensitive Tuberculous ... - Hemorrhage, tuberculomas
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
cord compression (MRI ... Alterations: - Sensory features ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
symptoms such as ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... • Persistently active ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• PET scan - activity ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... scans and can also ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... hematology #oncology #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
, INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management