Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/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
affecting the lungs ... (NTM) • Fungal ... 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
affecting the lungs ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections: •
CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
yeast • At risk: AIDS ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... change in the lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Prevotella • Fungal ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
pneumonia (late) • Tuberculosis ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Periodic paralyses CNS ... • Toxins • Infection
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary WHAT? • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
valley fever, is a fungal ... Diabetes • HIV and AIDS ... spherules in the lungs ... nervous system (CNS ... TREATMENT: Clinically
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework Who? Infectious: • Pre-existing valvular disease • Prosthetic valve • Congenital heart disease • IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
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