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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... Here a patient with ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... PMH of latent TB ... treatment and a ... #Cavitary #CXR ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... Cavity in the right ... A CXR some years ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... may range from a ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
On the CXR it is ... Here a patient with ... with cavitaty formation ... #Cavitary #SecondaryTB ... #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reactivation of a ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reactivation of a ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
is coughed up, a ... cavity can be seen ... infection like TB ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
upper lobe as a ... result of TB. ... position of the left pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Tracheal #Deviation #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... Blood cultures • CXR ... radiograph shows a ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary