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
Active TB: • HIV ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... : • HIV-infected ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections: •
CNS Infection in ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Infections in HIV ... #CNS #Infections ... opportunistic #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
Active TB: • HIV ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... : • HIV-infected ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #Infections #HIV ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... mucogenicum • HIV ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Aplastic Anemia - Overview Who? • M = F • 3 peaks: 1) Childhood 2) 15-25 years 3) >60 years What? • Aplastic anemia
Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... Idiopathic • Infections ... - HIV • Immune ... Treatment: ... #oncology #hematology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Prosthetic valves Lung ... pneumonia (late) • Tuberculosis ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Periodic paralyses CNS ... • Toxins • Infection
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear Visual or auditory symptoms in
nervous system (CNS ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Syphilis • Tuberculosis ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Enteroviral infections
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
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