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Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
Clinical #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #TractionBronchiectasis ... #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
Progression: • Upper lobe ... Diagnosis: Latent ... skin test (TST) ... Active TB: • ... #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
Progression: • Upper lobe ... Diagnosis: Latent ... skin test (TST) ... Active TB: • ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... used to exclude pulmonary
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
TB This patient ... Cavity in the right ... Radiology #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
and clinically active ... the left upper lobe ... Radiology #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Cavitary # ... SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... • Nodular or cavitary ... of right middle lobe ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... with: Cavitary