Microbiological investigations should be obtained early in suspected infection, and include stains and cultures for bacteria, fungi and atypical mycobacteria. Confocal microscopy is a specialized ...

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Another infectious cause that is an important diagnostic consideration in this case is Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... of epidemiologic risk factors for atypical infection, we may infer that ...

Maintaining a poorly acidified phagosomal environment provides protection, nutrients, and many other benefits to this pathogenic mycobacteria. Conversely, egress of Mtb into the cytosol with ...

Special stains for fungi and mycobacteria were negative ... shows that the nodules are caused by intravascular and perivascular infiltration by atypical lymphoid cells. On this patient’s biopsy the ...

Recent studies have also highlighted the importance of host defence pathways, specifically those involved in the handling of mycobacteria ... clinical presentation of IBD is atypical, with CD cases ...

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This case-based module will guide you through assessment, diagnosis and management of four presentations of head and neck swellings, including: • How to approach ‘enlarged glands’, assess likelihood ...