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Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis ... bacilli (Panel D) #Clinical ... CT #Urogenital #Tuberculosis ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Crusted Scabies - Physical examination now revealed a generalized erythematous and scaly rash with intense hyperkeratotic
interdigital areas, and ... Microscopic examination ... mites (Panel C) #Clinical ... CrustedScabies #Scabies #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Excoriated papules with honey-colored crusting were present on the abdomen, back (Panel A), arms, and legs.
spaces on the hands ... mite under light microscopy ... #Clinical #Derm ... Pathology #Scabies #Microscopy ... #Rash #NEJM
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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- Diagnosis and ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Clinical: ... system • Bones and ... #TB #Pulmonary
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
promyelocytes had ... rods (arrows) and ... #Clinical #Path ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Fibrosis and ... Pal @drdevrad #Pulmonary ... #Tuberculosis # ... #chest #xray #clinical
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... of diagnosing and ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... standard • Liquid and ... 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
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... destruction (including pulmonary ... chronic pulmonary
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
was performed, and ... under polarized microscopy ... #amyloidosis #clinical ... #photo #AL #lightchain ... #NEJM