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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
Tuberculosis Overview ... million new M. tuberculosis ... tuberculosis • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... tuberculosis ... Clinical: • Failure ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Pulmonary
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... tuberculosis infection ... (TB) • Disseminated ... Mycobacterium avium ... #OIs #HIVAIDS #IDSA
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... million new M. tuberculosis ... tuberculosis • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... tuberculosis infection ... (TB) • Disseminated ... Mycobacterium avium ... #OIs #HIVAIDS #IDSA
Tuberculous Perinephric Abscess
 - Gabin Mbanjumucyo
@mgabin5

#Tuberculous #Perinephric #Abscess #TB #Tuberculosis #Renal #Clinical #POCUS #Ultrasound
Tuberculous Perinephric ... Mbanjumucyo @mgabin5 #Tuberculous ... Perinephric #Abscess #TB ... #Tuberculosis # ... Renal #Clinical
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... disease resembling TB ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... result with no clinical ... manifestations of active tuberculosis ... for reactivation tuberculosis ... with recent: • Tuberculosis
Tuberculous Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4C)
Here is an immunosuppressed patient with culture proven TB pericardial
Tuberculous Pericardial ... culture proven TB ... RJonesSonoEM #Tuberculous ... #Tuberculosis # ... Echocardiogram #S4C #clinical
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
#Clinical #Radiology ... Pulmonary #CTChest #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant