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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
Tuberculin skin test ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... exposure to M. tuberculosis ... tuberculin skin test ... ‏ #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Tuberculosis #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculin skin test ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Treatment of Latent ... Tuberculosis Infection ... BCM_InternalMed #Latent #Tuberculosis ... #treatment #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... has a positive TST ... to have their TST ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
meningitis - Tuberculous ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
selecting the best ... empiric treatment ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #pharmacology #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
HIV aged 21–29 should ... have a Pap test ... • Pap test should ... and HPV test) is ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment