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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
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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
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... 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
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... Active TB: •
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
Spectrum #Table #Latent ... #Subclinical #Active
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
and clinically active ... reactivation of the latent
Tuberculosis Skin Test Interpretation

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Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
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Cephalosporins 
Cephalosporins are bactericidal beta-lactam antibiotics derived from the fungus Acremonlum— they disrupt peptidoglycan formation in
They have no activity ... predominantly active ... progressively more active ... gram-positive activity
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
reactivation of a latent ... Tuberculosis #TB #Active
Tuberculin Skin Test (Positive Mantoux Test) Result, Reading and Interpretation

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