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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
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with 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
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... pneumonia, M. tuberculosis ... Enterobacterales; M. tuberculosis ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... P.jiroveci, M. tuberculosis
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... all the other mycobacteria ... a patient with active ... with atypical mycobacterium
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
manifestations of active ... of developing active ... Mycobacterial culture ... • AFB stain • Mycobacterial ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... dissemination of Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... exposure to M. tuberculosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Tuberculosis ... #Subclinical #Active ... #MycobacteriumTB
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
encephalitis • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis infection ... • Disseminated Mycobacterium
Management of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex in non-HIV patient

- Infographic by IDagram @ID_agram 

#MAC #Mycobacterium #avium
Management of Pulmonary Mycobacterium ... ID_agram #MAC #Mycobacterium ... Management #nonHIV #algorithm
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
encephalitis • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis infection ... • Disseminated Mycobacterium