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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
Active TB: • ... TB - Only latent ... Active TB: • ... #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #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
Active TB: • ... TB - Only latent ... Active TB: • ... #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases ... signs/symptoms of active ... tissue damage - CXR
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
and clinically active ... reactivation of the latent ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... reactivation of a latent ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB