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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
) Pathophysiology ... Active TB: • ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #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
) Pathophysiology ... Active TB: • ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... for active or latent ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
reactivation of a latent ... TB. ... CXR some years later ... Radiology #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB