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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
characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... : Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... : Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should
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 ... disease • HIV
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... result with no clinical ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... intermediate risk of disease ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
cause pulmonary disease ... resembling TB. ... a patient with active ... disease in both ... #Clinical #Radiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... damage - CXR should ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... a patient with active ... TB. 7. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Infection and Disease ... (+) screening test ... TB Disease: • ... should be initiated ... HIV-infected persons with clinical
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... with passive AND active ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... disease who are ... isolate DST result should ... MDRTB #management #Treatment