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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
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... with atypical mycobacterium ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... Pathophysiology: - Mycobacterium ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis complex ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... , NTM (M.kansasii ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Fungal, AFB), TB
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Infectious - Mycobacterium ... : Tuberculosis, ... NTB - Endemic ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... • Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... mycobacteria Treatment
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 ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management