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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/year ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... cases Clinical Signs ... /symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... : - MRI is modality
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/year ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Bilateral signs ... ruled out • Brain ... brain and/or optic ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... Unilateral • Signs ... R-G or B-Y • MRI ... anterior lesions (a), Brain ... other auto-immune diseases
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Excessive glutamate activity ... Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... column Treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... , Eye, and Ear ... and treatment can ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... consistent with MS
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... muscarinic agonists • Active
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
DDX Tb meningitis ... of prior silent pulmonary ... organism (soap bubble sign ... Standard treatment ... #Brain #clinical