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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 ... Disease in HIV-AIDS ... 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,
Lung Infections ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... #AIDS #pulmonary
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 ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: TB, NTM, PNA ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Treatment: ... • Preventing exacerbations ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
Complex in HIV-AIDS ... disease based on clinical ... Note: Active TB ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... effusions, CNS tuberculoma ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... • Persistently active