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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
LTBI (-) Immune ... skin test (TST) ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #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
LTBI (-) Immune ... skin test (TST) ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... individual with active ... #diagnosis #Interpretation ... #Induration #Criteria
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... criteria, but the ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... • Persistently active ... #IRIS #Immune