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
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... 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 ... • Progressive lung ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT TB • LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... developing active infection ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... age ACTIVE TB ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment ... westermani • Other: TB
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Factors For NTM Infections ... infections • ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework Continuous Fever: Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... • Lymphoma • TB ... Night Sweats: • TB ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary What? • Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS What Is IRIS? • A state of hyperinflammatory response that
(<100), except TB ... TB - Lymphadenitis ... cryptococcal or TB ... survival) • TB ... for TB meningitis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... #Infections #HIV ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework Primary Otalgia - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... Cerumen impaction Infectious ... (90%), Fungal infections ... subdural hematoma, lung ... Otalgia #Ear #Pain #Otology
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