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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
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... : Latent TB: • ... TB - Only latent ... #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... : Latent TB: • ... TB - Only latent ... #LatentTB
Empty Can (Jobe) Test for Supraspinatus Injury on Shoulder Exam

Supraspinatus muscle testing strength can also be
Empty Can (Jobe) ... Test for Supraspinatus ... can test. ... #Can #Jobe #Test ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Empty Can (Jobe) Test on Shoulder Exam

Supraspinatus muscle testing strength can also be done using the
Empty Can (Jobe) ... can test. ... resistance as the patient ... #Can #Jobe #Test ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... with no clinical ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Empty Can (Jobe) Test

Position: Flex shoulder to 90 degrees in the scapular plane. Internally rotate the
Empty Can (Jobe) ... sign is when the patient ... #Can #Jobe #Test ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #orthopedics #supraspinatus
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
TB This patient ... We can assume that ... reactivation of a latent ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Active #SecondaryTB
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
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 ... or latent TB ... patients receiving an ... and molecular diagnostic ... HIV-infected persons with clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... • Persistently active ... treatment, unless the patient