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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
Immunosuppression • Tumor ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Immunosuppression • Tumor ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... #Management #Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Due to: • Recurrent ... • Infection: TB ... obstructive • Bronchoscopy ... mycobacteria Treatment
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... into the aorta or pulmonary ... bronchoscopy ... Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... Endobronchial Tumor
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... including therapy with tumor ... patients with typical tuberculosis