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Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis ... (TB) Skin Test ... #Diagnosis #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
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... bronchiectasis, extensive pulmonary ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Manifestations of Tuberculosis ... lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... Children with pulmonary ... TB • Many possible ... #differential #TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... bronchiectasis, extensive pulmonary ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... for concomitant pulmonary ... Potts #Disease #Tuberculosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Pulmonary
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
individual with active TB ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... #Tuberculin #SkinTest
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... - disseminated tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Pal @drdevrad #Pulmonary ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Patterns #chest
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... age ACTIVE TB ... used to exclude pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB