Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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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 ... anemia Treatment ... #Anemia #oncology
Tuberculosis Overview 10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infections/year ... HIV • Recent infection ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT TB • LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
developing active infection ... infection • Recent ... viral infections ... Extrapulmonary infection ... 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
infections/year ... HIV • Recent infection ... 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 ... Antimicrobial treatment ... 80% sensitive Tuberculous ... - Hemorrhage, tuberculomas ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... other RGM • Plastic ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison Hodgkin's Lymphoma: • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70 •
e.g., HIV), EBV infection ... Etiology: - Infections ... Solid Tumors • Tuberculosis ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Syphilis • Tuberculosis ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Blastomycosis Treatment ... Cryptococcosis Treatment ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
weeks without infection ... Pure red cell aplasia ... microglobulin Treatment ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
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