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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin ... individual with active TB ... • Abnormal CXR ... consistent with old TB ... carcinoma of head/neck/lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... : • Tuberculin ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... : • Tuberculin ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #NonTuberculosis
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... anteriorly in the left lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Cicacitration atelectasis
Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue.
This is seen after radiotherapy and in
infection, especially TB ... density of the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... inferior part of the lung ... anteroinferior side on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Cardiac
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... hypoxemia and bilateral ... with decreased lung ... detected on CT or CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... westermani • Other: TB
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... clinical #radiology #CXR