Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS Bacterial: • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
• CD4 > 200: M.tuberculosis ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Blood and sputum cx ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... #HIVAIDS #workup
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... spread of MTB infection ... #TB #Patterns # ... chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment Induration cutoff >5mm: • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... individual with active TB ... • Abnormal CXR ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Cicacitration atelectasis Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue. This is seen after radiotherapy and in
and in chronic infection ... , especially TB. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Radiation
Nontuberculous mycobacteria Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... upper lobes due to infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent. In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically silent ... of the latent infection ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease) Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... Infection and Disease ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay 70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
PMH of latent TB ... s/p treatment and ... Labeled CXR: ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) •
IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... are contacts of infectious ... MDRTB #management #Treatment
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