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CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
deformity) • Tuberculosis ... Endemic treponemal infection ... Invasive mold infection ... Central #Lesions #infections ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... developing active infection ... infection • Recent ... Extrapulmonary infection ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
- Differential Diagnosis ... Melanoma • Axillary: Infection ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... , Sjögren's • Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
cause pulmonary infection ... other site of infection ... Mycobacterium chelonae - Infection ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis ... Infection - 3 ... BCM_InternalMed #Latent #Tuberculosis ... treatment #management #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
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... eliminated the infection ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Tuberculosis #
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection ... Dengue fever, HIV infection ... fever, acute HIV infection ... bacterial skin infection
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disseminated Gonoccocal Infection ... • Primary HIV Infection ... • Fungal tuberculosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis