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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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
endobronchial TB ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... #diagnosis #clinical ... #radiology #ChestCT ... #pathophysiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
spread of MTB infection ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
reactivation of the latent ... infection and occurs ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Direct microbial infection ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB