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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 ... skin test (TST) ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
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 ... skin test (TST) ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... Tuberculin skin ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Palpable Purpura seen in Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP, IgA Vasculitis)

55 year old male on tuberculosis treatment
, IgA Vasculitis ... year old male on tuberculosis ... treatment for 5 ... #clinical #photo ... #dermatology #skin
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Characteristic Rash ... • Sexual activity ... chain reaction (PCR ... Respiratory distress Treatment ... Monkeypox #MPOX #Diagnosis