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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
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Bacterial ... • CT: Halo sign ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
, NTM (M.kansasii ... heart failure, COPD ... , Lung cancer, Primary ... +/- High res CT ... Fungal, AFB), TB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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symptoms of active pulmonary ... Pathophysiology: - Mycobacterium ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... : Tuberculosis, ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... troponin, BNP/NT-proBNP ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... #treatment #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis complex ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... patients with typical tuberculosis ... Imaging, high res CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... • Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... high-resolution chest CT ... mycobacteria Treatment