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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
tuberculosis infections/year ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... skin test (TST) ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... #PhysicalExam # ... #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
tuberculosis infections/year ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... skin test (TST) ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... #PhysicalExam # ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... diagnosing and treating ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Latent #Active ... #LatentTB #ActiveTB
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #Pattern #Trauma ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... for active or latent ... regardless of screening test ... molecular diagnostic tests ... Prevention #Treatment #management