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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
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... age ACTIVE TB ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup ... #TB #Latent #Active
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
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
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
adults in the west ... infiltrate any organ ... microglobulin Treatment ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
Fever of Unknown Origin ... with microscopy, tuberculosis ... skin test or TB ... Fever #Unknown #Origin
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
IDSA Recommendations ... Disease: • CMV end-organ ... disease is best ... effective for treatment ... Cytomegalovirus #CMV #IDSA