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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 Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
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 Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
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 ... used to exclude pulmonary
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... individual with active ... TB • Abnormal ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
a patient with active ... TB. 7. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... monitor disease activity ... severe disease Treatment ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... function tests: ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... no evidence of active ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
antibiotics once stable ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... shows a small, stable ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
: 33% • Treatment ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... : No • Treatment ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table