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Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis ... (TB) Skin Test ... #Diagnosis #Tuberculosis ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis
Polyradiculopathy
Spinal Cord Tuberculoma
Pott's Disease (Vertebral Spondylitis)
Brain Tuberculoma
Tuberculous Abscess
Tuberculous Meningitis

Dr. Gabriela Figueiredo Pucci
Manifestations of Tuberculosis ... Brain Tuberculoma Tuberculous ... Abscess Tuberculous ... #CNS #differential ... #diagnosis #TB
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 ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #TB #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
Diagnosis: Latent ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Tuberculous Pleural ... Effusions - Tests ... amplification test ... #Effusions #TB ... #Testing #diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Fever of unknown origin ... #TB #Pulmonary ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... age ACTIVE TB
Factors to be considered in deciding to initiate treatment empirically for active tuberculosis (TB) (prior to
deciding to initiate treatment ... empirically for active tuberculosis ... (TB) (prior to ... #ActiveTB #tuberculosis ... initiation #management #IDSA
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm