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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:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection ... HIV-AIDS Treating LTBI ... screening test for LTBI ... a person with infectious ... #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 infections ... for 4.6% of new infections ... tuberculosis (LTBI ... mycobacterial infection ... killed - rest LTBI
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 infections ... for 4.6% of new infections ... tuberculosis (LTBI ... mycobacterial infection ... killed - rest LTBI
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... treatment • TB ... meningitis • TB ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #Indications #infections
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Subacute: • Acute Infections ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... : TB, NTB, Fungal
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Pulmonary TB ... • Pulmonary TB ... count >50 • CNS TB ... Opportunistic #Infections
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
(TB) • Disseminated ... A and B virus infection ... A virus (HAV) infection ... B virus (HBV) infection ... Opportunistic #Infections
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
(TB) • Disseminated ... A and B virus infection ... A virus (HAV) infection ... B virus (HBV) infection ... Opportunistic #Infections
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... Melanoma • Axillary: Infection ... Sexually transmitted infections ... , Sjögren's • Infection