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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... • The lifetime risk ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Active #LatentTB ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... algorithm to determine ... if stress test ... days before Pulmonary ... stratification #diagnosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
PCR and CMV pp65 ... antigenemia test ... conditions in any patient ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... Cardiovascular risk
Gallbladder Polyps - Management Algorithm
 - demonstrated on ultrasound
 - excluding definite pseudopolyp
≥ 10mm -
Polyps - Management Algorithm ... 10mm - Increased risk ... recommended if the patient ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
A possible diagnostic ... algorithm for pulmonary ... the benefits and risks ... CT-PA with my patient ... equipose): #Diagnosis
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
already noted the risk ... oncotic pressures acting ... proportionally. 30 years later ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
Algorithm STEP ... tuberculosis skin test ... re-evaluate the patient ... after discussing risks ... #Algorithm #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Itraconazole is the agent ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... transplantation • MCC ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases