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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
Diagnosis: Latent ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

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

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
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 ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... (+) screening test ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
to perform active ... The diagnosis is ... Treatment can be ... msk #clinical #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
system: small-fiber ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Infections ○ Tuberculosis ... : • Clinical tests ... affected tissue Treatment ... Polychondritis #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management