HIV and Tb Flashcards
Single nodule >3cm with central calcification
Histoplasmosis = most common (dimorphic fungi)
Single nodule with thick-walled cavetation and/or eccentric calcification?
Malignant Nodule
Thin-walled cavetation could be?
Abscess
Benign Lesion
Tb
Why do you give TMP-SMX in HIV patients?
Prophylaxis against PCP and Toxoplasma Gondi
Gram + lancet shaped bug that infects HIV patients?
s. pneumonia
When and why give Azithromycin prophylactically in HIV patients?
At CD4 < 50 to prevent M avium
Mycolic acid in Tb does what?
Inhibits immune activation/phagocytosis
Cord factor in M tubercolsis does what?
Increases TNFa
Inhibits macrophage maturation
Causes IL6 –> AOCD
Sulfatides in M tuberculosis does what?
Inhibits phagolysosome formation
Latent Tb treatment and why should we treat?
Isonizid for 9 mo
Decreases risk of active disease
Decreases Spread/Prevalence
Latent Tb vs Active Tb?
Latent = Not contageous, asymptomatic Active = Contageous, Symptomatic
Tuberculin Skin test readings
>5mm?
>10mm?
>15mm?
>5 = positive in immunocomp >10 = positive in IV drugs, medical staff, immigrants >15 = positive for normal folks
What if you get a positive reading in someone with a BCG vaccine?
STILL TREAT
Positive Predictive Value is?
True positive/Total postive
Tb drug that binds to RNA polymerase and blocks mRNA elongation
Rifampin
Tb drug that inhibits mycolic acid synthesis?
Isoniazid
What does supplementing Isoniazid with Pyridoxine do?
Prevents peripheral neuropathy by supplementing the loss of B6 caused by Isoniazid
What Tb drug is a pro-drug that is activated by Mycobacterial catalase-peroxidase?
Isoniazid
Major toxicities of Isoniazid?
Hepatitis = LIMITING FACTOR due to acetylation
Peripheral neuropathy
What Tb drugs turns fluids red?
Rifampin
What Tb drug should NOT be giving with protease inhibitors? Why?
Rifampin
Induces cyp450