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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
(NTM) • Fungal ... 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
(NTM) • Fungal ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
• Pneumocystis pneumonia ... tuberculosis infection ... (TB) • Disseminated ... Mycobacterium avium ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
• Pneumocystis pneumonia ... tuberculosis infection ... (TB) • Disseminated ... Mycobacterium avium ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Necrotizing Pneumonia ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... Infectious Diseases
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... , NTM (M.kansasii ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Fungal, AFB), TB
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... - Mycobacterium ... : Tuberculosis, ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #CXR #clinical
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... upper lobes due to infection ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Mycobacteria #NTM