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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
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... 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
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... , Sarcoidosis, HSP ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
her history of treatment ... for tuberculosis ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... mycobacteria Treatment
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
The following signs ... After treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Lung #Pulmonary