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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
(MDR-TB) accounts ... Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(MDR-TB) accounts ... Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... manifestations of active ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB
Factors to be considered in deciding to initiate treatment empirically for active tuberculosis (TB) (prior to
empirically for active ... tuberculosis (TB ... confirmation) #ActiveTB ... #tuberculosis #
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... - disseminated tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... Typically from TB ... signs/symptoms of active ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Potts #Disease #Tuberculosis
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
Pulmonary #CTChest #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... (MDR-TB) • Build ... of infectious MDR-TB ... for inclusion in MDR-TB ... MultiDrugResistant #Tuberculosis
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
individual with active ... TB • Abnormal ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis
Typical Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient with active TB. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #TreeInBud #Tuberculosis #TB #RadiologyAssistant
a patient with active ... TB. ... CTChest #TreeInBud #Tuberculosis ... #TB #RadiologyAssistant