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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
to decrease the risk ... • The lifetime risk ... or intermediate risk ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... cancer • Septic emboli ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Inhibitor: • Risk
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... cancer • Septic emboli ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Inhibitor: • Risk
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
Pulmonary Embolism ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... #PESI #sPESI #risk ... #score #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
HESTIA Criteria for Outpatient Pulmonary Embolism Treatment - Identifies low-risk PE patients safe for outpatient treatment
HESTIA Criteria ... for Outpatient Pulmonary ... Embolism Treatment ... Identifies low-risk ... for outpatient treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... arthralgia, dyspnea, sore ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases