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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... Testing three specimens ... from a single specimen ... used to exclude pulmonary
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
of A.fumigatus species ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacteria Species ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... destruction (including pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacteria Species ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... destruction (including pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterial species ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
agents: Borrelia species ... Mycobacterium species ... Streptococcal species ... , Candida species ... , Histoplasma species
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... by actinomyces species ... #NEJM #clinical
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• Legionella species ... aeruginosa Clinical ... in adults with clinically ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary ... The biopsy specimens ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... • Cryptococcus species