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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 ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB with TST or
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 ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB with TST or
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TBLTBI is diagnosed ... and treating LTBI ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
LTBI (to prevent ... (+) screening test ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... treatment should