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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Typically from TB ... patients with TB ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... - Spread of bacilli ... for concomitant pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... TB and CD4 cell ... count >50 • CNS TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
Tracheobronchial Smooth Muscle Atrophy and Separation (TB-SMAS) on Bronchoscopy

TB-SMAS in a chronic ICS user (association)

Dr. Udit
and Separation (TB-SMAS ... Bronchoscopy TB-SMAS ... Bronchoscopy #clinical #pulmonary
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... Abscess: • More bacilli ... Children with pulmonary ... TB • Many possible ... #differential #TB
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
vascular - pulmonary ... infection - pulmonary ... abscess (TB, fungal ... - CPAM - pulmonary ... Differential #Lung #Pulmonary
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... TB: Tree-in-bud ... patient with active TB ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Lung Nodules - Differential Diagnosis by Distribution
 • Centrilobular: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, RB-ILD, Pneumoconiosis, Infectious Bronchiolitis, Vasculitis,
Infectious (viral, TB ... #Distribution #pulmonary
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
• Infection: TB ... syndrome, Idiopathic pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary