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Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Tuberculosis (TB ... ) Skin Test #Diagnosis ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST ... Thresholds #Diameters #PPD
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
, Asthma-COPD Overlap ... bronchodilator test ... bronchoprovocation test ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... #Differences #Algorithm
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... individual with active TB ... consistent with old TB ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST ... Criteria #Thresholds #PPD
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(TST) • Interferon-γ ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... (TST) and quantiferon-gold ... and simultaneous TST ... with TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(TST) • Interferon-γ ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... (TST) and quantiferon-gold ... and simultaneous TST ... with TST or IGRA