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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
Diagnosis: Latent ... release assay (IGRA ... or IGRA HIV: ... IGRA #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Diagnosis: Latent ... release assay (IGRA ... or IGRA HIV: ... IGRA #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... or IGRA result ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Active #LatentTB
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
tuberculin skin test ... release assay (IGRA ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... Spectrum #Table #Latent ... #Subclinical #Active