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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Active TB: • ... #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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... than one after symptom ... and sensitive tests ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #management #neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... or latent TB ... and molecular diagnostic ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... albicans • Epstein Barr ... • Persistently active ... #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
- Epstein-Barr ... report systemic symptoms ... Diagnostic Approach ... Laboratory Tests ... #Management