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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 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
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
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... infiltrates, mimicking TB
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 ... chronic #meningitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Treatment: ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis ... Broncholithiasis #Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
tuberculosis complex ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... NTM #Infections #differential
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... for tuberculosis ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC #