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Tuberculosis Skin Test Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters #PPD
#Tuberculosis #LatentTB ... #Tuberculin #SkinTest
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
#Tuberculosis #LatentTB ... #Tuberculin #SkinTest
Tuberculin Skin Test (Positive Mantoux Test) Result, Reading and Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation
#Tuberculosis #LatentTB ... #Tuberculin #SkinTest
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... reactivation of a latent ... Presentation: Latent ... be screened for latent
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... positive TST or IGRA ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... reactivation of a latent ... Presentation: Latent ... be screened for latent
Syphilis Staging - Primary, Secondary, Latent and Tertiary - Timing and Features

Primary syphilis classically presents with
Primary, Secondary, Latent ... The latent stage ... Early latent stage ... latent stage occurs ... Primary #Secondary #Latent
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
release assay (IGRA ... TuberculinSkinTest #IGRA ... Spectrum #Table #Latent
Causes of False-Positive and False-Negative IGRA and TST Results

#Diagnosis #TB #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
False-Negative IGRA ... Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest ... #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Syphilis - Latent ... - Early Latent ... - Early latent ... - Late Latent ... - Late latent patients