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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
inhibitors • Injection drug ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
inhibitors • Injection drug ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis
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 ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Tuberculosis Infection ... and molecular diagnostic ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #IDSA #Prevention
Approach to chronic meningitis (defined as lasting for 4 weeks or more, and separate from recurrent
of the patient, clinical ... : tuberculosis and ... non-TB mycobacteria ... #meningitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis
 • Malignancy: Lymphoma, Leukemia, Other neoplasm
 • Infections: Human
Night Sweats - Differential ... immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis ... , Mycobacterium ... Pregnancy • Drugs ... Autonomic over-activity
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Bacterial ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
tuberculosis complex ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Night sweats are a nonspecific symptom that patients commonly experience and
Diagnosis Framework ... immunodeficiency virus • Tuberculosis ... • Mycobacterium ... Orchiectomy DRUGS ... Autonomic over-activity
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... effusions, CNS tuberculoma ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... • Persistently active