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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 ... tuberculosis • ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
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 ... tuberculosis • ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... result with no clinical ... tuberculosis ... for reactivation tuberculosis ... with recent: • Tuberculosis
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Tuberculosis Infection ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #IDSA #Prevention ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... MultiDrugResistant #Tuberculosis ... #antimicrobials
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
disease based on clinical ... Note: Active TB ... #AviumComplex # ... #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS