LIBRO + ANEXOS NEUMOLOGÍA PEDIÁTRICA

Libro Blanco de las ACES Pediátricas 2024 134 ❚ c. Understand the role of community surveillance in the management of tuberculosis 2. Therapeutic approach a. Know the recommended courses of therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis b. Know the toxicities of drugs commonly used for tuberculosis (i.e., isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) c. Know the standard drugs and duration of treatment for acute miliary tuberculosis d. Know the standard drugs and the duration of treatment for tuberculous meningitis e. Know the standard drugs and the duration of treatment for reactivation tuberculosis f. Understand the rationale for directly observed therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis 3. Side effects of therapy a. Know the contraindications for isoniazid therapy b. Understand the treatment implications of multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis c. Understand the rationale for pyridoxine therapy during isoniazid therapy f. Prognosis 1. Natural history a. Know that most primary tuberculosis infections will improve without treatment 2. Natural history with therapy a. Understand the effect treatment of primary tuberculosis has on the incidence of subsequent reactivation of the disease 5. Parasites a. Epidemiology 1. Recognize the association of pneumocystis pneumonia immunodeficiency b. Etiology/genetics 1. Know the routes whereby parasitic infections are acquired c. Pathophysiology 1. Pathology a. Know the various presenting characteristics of infection with Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) b. Know that pneumonitis due to Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) is characterized by an intra-alveolar foamy eosinophilic exudate c. Know that reduced or abnormal T-lymphocytes predispose to Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) infection 2. Path mechanisms and consequences d. Diagnosis and clinical manifestations 1. History a. Recognize clinical manifestations of visceral larva migrans b. Recognize the clinical presentation of pneumocystis pneumonia c. Recognize clinical features of echinococcal infection