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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... intermediate risk of disease ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Testing #Diagnosis ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... hypertension; CXR ... ; CLD, chronic lung ... #Hypertension #Workup
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... Diagnosis: Latent ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #TB #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
affecting the lungs ... Diagnosis: Latent ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #TB #Diagnosis
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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(interstitial lung ... Musculoskeletal: joint ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #testing ... #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... (tuberculosis) ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... bacilli to bone/joints ... tissue damage - CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Infectious Diseases ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... (to support a diagnosis ... #diagnosis #testing ... #Rheumatology
Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Night sweats are a nonspecific symptom that patients commonly experience and
- Differential Diagnosis ... immunodeficiency virus • Tuberculosis ... coccidioidomycosis) • Lung ... alcohol, heroin RHEUMATOLOGIC ... Autonomic over-activity