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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
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... Active TB: •
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... Active TB: •
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
the left upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Tuberculosis #TB #Active ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... AirFluidLevel #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 ... reactivation of a latent ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
active disease ... reactivation of the latent ... On the CXR it is ... the left upper lobe ... #SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant
Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

Navigational bronchoscopy was performed with BAL and transbronchial biopsy and fine needle aspiration of the
the right middle lobe ... nodule. ... Labeled CXR: https ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Iatrogenic
Hemorrhage
In this case there was a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe and a biopsy
was a solitary nodule ... the right upper lobe ... Goodpasture's, Wegener's #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant