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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
pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Bronchiectasis - ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... involving both lungs ... Infection (Bacterial, TB ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... westermani • Other: TB
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... head and neck, pancreas ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... • Abnormal CXR ... consistent with old TB ... disease • HIV ... carcinoma of head/neck/lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... mycobacteria Treatment
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections Lungs ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Imaging, high res CT