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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 • ... infection in patients ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... used to exclude pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Tuberculin skin test ... 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
infectionPulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Tuberculin skin test ... Active TB: •
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: TB, NTM, PNA ... adults • Blood tests ... function tests: ... Sweat chloride test ... the airway • Treating
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... no evidence of active ... treatment for active ... of screening test ... Active TB Disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... of right middle lobe ... haemophilum • Tropical setting ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... complicate MAC pulmonary