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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 (MDR-TB ... tuberculosis (LTBI ... killed - rest LTBI ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
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 ... killed - rest LTBI ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
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
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Typically from TB ... patients with TB ... active pulmonary TB ... tissue damage - CXR ... #Tuberculosis #TB
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
individual with active TB ... • Abnormal CXR ... consistent with old TB
Cicacitration atelectasis
Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue.
This is seen after radiotherapy and in
infection, especially TB ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
#Tuberculosis #TB ... clinical #radiology #CXR
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
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR