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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
involvement • Other organ ... Can involve any organ ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #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
involvement • Other organ ... Can involve any organ ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... individual with active TB ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis
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
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Manifestations of Tuberculosis ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... with pulmonary TB ... #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... MDRTB #management #Treatment ... pharmacology #dosing #idsa
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... (+) screening test ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... #TB #IDSA #Prevention
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Fever of Unknown Origin ... (FUO) - Differential ... Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Lemierre's syndrome ... #FUO #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... infection • Solid organ ... e.g. autoimmune, TB ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... Thrombocytosis #Differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... including: M, avium, TB ... Bacterial • Tuberculosis ... Lesions #Brain #differential