7 results
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... tuberculosis ... Clinical: • Failure ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases
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 ... million new M. tuberculosis ... tuberculosis • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical
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 ... million new M. tuberculosis ... tuberculosis • ... tuberculosis - ... characteristic features Clinical
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
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,
tuberculosis, Bacterial ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS
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 #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases