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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
Management of adult IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura) - Treatment algorithm for the management of IgAV patients
Management of adult IgA ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura) - Treatment ... Management of IgA ... Treatment remains ... HSP #Management #Treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
negative with IgA ... patients with IgA ... and specificity IgA ... patients with IgA ... Reflects response to treatment
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 ... release assay (IGRA ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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 ... release assay (IGRA ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) - French Vasculitis Study Group 

1) Suggestive clinical manifestations
Diagnosis of IgA ... 1) Suggestive clinical ... individuals - Clinical ... Elevated serum IgA ... - Dominant IgA
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... immune response, IgA ... of IgA1 -> Decr IgA ... -> adhesion of IgA
This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
determine what treatments ... infectiousdisease #clinical ... #management #treatment
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
(PAN, [E]GPA, IgA ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments