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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... Fungal infection • Sarcoidosis ... extensive pulmonary destruction ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
probably small consolidations ... reactivation of a latent ... upper lobe minimal fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cavitary #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
infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... Fungal infection • Sarcoidosis ... extensive pulmonary destruction ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
reactivation of the latent ... On the CXR it is ... seen as consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant