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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
Progression: • Upper lobe ... characteristic features Clinical ... Can involve any ... skin test (TST) ... TB with TST or
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Progression: • Upper lobe ... characteristic features Clinical ... Can involve any ... skin test (TST) ... TB with TST or
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... diagnosed when an ... result with no clinical ... single specimen are ... #Latent #Active
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
The findings are ... We can assume that ... reactivation of a latent ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... for active or latent ... patients receiving an ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis