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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
characteristic features Clinical ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB with TST or
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB with TST or
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... intermediate risk of disease ... single specimen are ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
uncertainty are ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... interstitial lung disease ... interstitial lung disease ... appreciate on a cest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary opacities are ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... #differential # ... #CXR #clinical
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
calcifications which are ... ) • Milwaukee shoulder ... Differential diagnosis ... #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
antibodies, which are ... should be obtained ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Infection and Disease ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... treatment should ... HIV-infected persons with clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Leishmaniasis Differential