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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... diagnosing and treating LTBI ... patients with LTBI ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
HIV-AIDS Treating LTBI ... (to prevent TB ... screening test for LTBI ... with infectious TB ... #LTBI #Mycobacterium
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 (MDR-TB ... tuberculosis (LTBI ... Factors For Active TB ... killed - rest LTBI ... latent Active TB
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 (MDR-TB ... tuberculosis (LTBI ... Factors For Active TB ... killed - rest LTBI ... latent Active TB
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
• Pulmonary TB ... • Pulmonary TB ... count >50 • CNS TB
Algorithm for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) #Management #NSG #TBI #Traumatic #Brain #Injury
Brain Injury (TBI ... Management #NSG #TBI
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Algorithm

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001737

#Traumatic #Brain #Injury #TBI #Algorithm #Pediatrics #management #neurosurgery
Brain Injury (TBI ... Brain #Injury #TBI
TB Man - Mnemonic for Anti-Tuberculosis Medication Toxicities
Isoniazid - peripheral neuropathy, neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity
Streptomycin - ototoxicity
Ethambutol -
TB Man - Mnemonic ... Aguila @enrrikke #TB
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
Sonography for HIV/TB ... extrapulmonary TB
Tracheobronchial Smooth Muscle Atrophy and Separation (TB-SMAS) on Bronchoscopy

TB-SMAS in a chronic ICS user (association)

Dr. Udit
and Separation (TB-SMAS ... Bronchoscopy TB-SMAS