Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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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
• Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... 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
• Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... lung infections ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) What? CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... Malignancies • Chronic
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #Infections #HIV ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Overview Who? • M = F • 3 peaks: 1) Childhood 2) 15-25 years 3) >60 years What? • Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... Idiopathic • Infections ... Treatment: ... #oncology #hematology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework Continuous Fever: Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... schistosomiasis • Pyemia ... • Disseminated tuberculosis ... Yellow fever • Tuberculous ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... ) • Chronic, subacute ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
• Hemolytic Anemias ... Prosthetic valves Lung ... pneumonia (late) • Tuberculosis ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... • Toxins • Infection
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