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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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... TB. ... with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Pulmonary Disease ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #Infections #differential
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... for Treating Mycobacterium ... for active or latent ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... disease who are ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... , in advanced disease ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #