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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
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
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 ... later on the right ... #Active #SecondaryTB
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
70+ year old man ... with PMH of latent ... TB s/p treatment ... Labeled CXR: ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary
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 ... or latent TB ... patients receiving an ... and molecular diagnostic