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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
Disease Progression ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #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
Disease Progression ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... of mode of HIV infection ... HIV aged 21–29 should ... • Pap test should ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Worsening of previous neurologic ... and not direct infection ... meningeal enhancement, infarctions ... differential #TB #neurology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... • kidney disease ... Underweight • Injection ... individuals #Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
developing active infection ... intermediate risk of disease ... infection • Recent ... viral infections ... Extrapulmonary infection
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lymphoproliferative disease ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Bacterial • Tuberculosis ... causes #radiology #neurology
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
and borderline tuberculoid ... and numerous AFB Treatment ... Regimen: • Tuberculoid ... x 24 m BIDMC Infectious ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... deficiency, Thyroid disease ... • Infectious: ... BostonChiefs #Altered #Mental