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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
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... TB with TST or ... #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
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
man with PMH of latent ... TB s/p treatment ... original CXR Labeled ... CXR #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... tests, empiric ... HIV-infected persons with clinical