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Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Tuberculous Pleural ... Biomarkers Age ... + fever + red blood ... #Effusions #TB ... #Testing #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped ... characteristic features Clinical ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Acid-fast staining, NAA ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... and treating LTBI ... immunocompromised (e.g ... • < 6 years of age ... single specimen are
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped ... characteristic features Clinical ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Acid-fast staining, NAA ... #TB #Diagnosis
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Diagnosis Summary ... or more P waves are ... • This is a clinically ... RR intervals are ... #ecg #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Inflammatory Conditions (Tuberculosis ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Cardiac Testing: • EKG