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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 Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... intermediate risk of disease ... positive predictive value ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... weight loss • Late ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... the tuberculoma (later ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential #TB ... #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... and hemosiderin laden ... #management #treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lungs: • 90% of patient ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Diagnosis Of NTM
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... treatment, unless the patient ... #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Infection and Disease ... (+) screening test ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Hyperreflexia develops later ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology