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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
Mycobacteria Species: • Mycobacterium ... Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... characteristic features Clinical
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 ... pneumonia, M. tuberculosis ... Enterobacterales; M. tuberculosis ... Nocardia spp., 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
Mycobacteria Species: • Mycobacterium ... Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... characteristic features Clinical
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... dissemination of Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis ... Clinical: • Failure ... 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
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... manifestations of active ... of developing active ... years of age ACTIVE ... #LatentTB #ActiveTB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... Pathophysiology: - Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis complex
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
• Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Pneumococcus ... - Metastatic: Lung
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... avium, Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... abscess, Tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm