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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
#Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #Active #SecondaryTB ... TractionBronchiectasis #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
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • 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
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... troponin, BNP/NT-proBNP ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically silent ... active disease ... On the CXR it is ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... A CXR some years ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
initiation Clinical ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... • Persistently active ... : encephalitis secondary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management