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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
Chronic kidney disease ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Chronic kidney disease ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... intermediate risk of disease
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... individual with active ... TB • Abnormal ... disease • HIV ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: TB, fungal infection ... or metastatic disease ... pituitary tumor, TB ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST:
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases ... signs/symptoms of active ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... of underlying disease ... bilirubin 2) Routine tests ... 3) Optional tests
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
involving a segment or lobe ... WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Infection (Bacterial, TB ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Infection: TB ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
for this enzyme activity ... is the diagnostic ... hallmark for the disease ... value is low, tests ... indirect antiglobulin tests