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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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... including therapy with tumor ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases