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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 • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical ... #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
Tuberculosis Overview ... tuberculosis • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical ... #TB #Diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... tuberculosis ... Clinical: • Failure ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Pulmonary
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Diagnosis Algorithm ... CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... Acute HIV, EBV, Mycobacterial ... - disseminated tuberculosis
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
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... tuberculosis complex ... Potts #Disease #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... : Tuberculosis, ... #CXR #clinical
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Viral pneumonia - Mycobacteria ... CAVITATION - Mycobacteria ... Bacterial pneumonia - Tuberculosis ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
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
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 ... pharmacology #dosing #idsa