Tuberculous Peritonitis Aka: Tuberculous Peritonitis, Peritonitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis II. Risk Factors HIV Infection Cirrhosis Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis III. Pathophysiology Results from peritoneal Tuberculosis reactivation IV. Symptoms Abdominal Pain […]
Pleural Tuberculosis Aka: Pleural Tuberculosis II. Epidemiology Represents 5% of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis III. Signs Unilateral, moderate Pleural Effusion IV. Labs Thoracentesis for Pleural Fluid Pleural Fluid exudative Lymphocyte predominance Pleural Fluid PCR for Mycobacterium […]
Possibly Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Aka: Possibly Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment, Possibly Resistant Tb Treatment II. Indications Isoniazid Resistance >4% in patient’s community Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prior Tuberculosis exposure III. Precautions This […]
Genitourinary Tuberculosis Aka: Genitourinary Tuberculosis, Renal Tuberculosis II. Types of involvement Renal Tuberculosis See below for presentation Male genital tract (from Prostate to Testes) Presents as Scrotal Mass and Oligospermia Female genital tract […]
Skeletal Tuberculosis Aka: Skeletal Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Arthritis, Pott’s Disease, Poncet’s Disease, Spinal Tuberculosis, Articular Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Osteomyelitis, Gibbus II. Definition Arthritis secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis III. Epidemiology Represents 35% of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis IV. Distribution Spinal Tuberculosis […]
Susceptible Tuberculosis Treatment Aka: Susceptible Tuberculosis Treatment, Susceptible Tb Treatment II. Indications Resistance rate in patient’s Community <4% Most communities have Tb resistance >4% HIV Screening negative Immunocompetent […]
Tuberculosis Screening Aka: Tuberculosis Screening, Tb Testing, Tuberculosis Testing II. Labs IFN-Gamma Release Assay (IGRA, Quantiferon-TB) Tuberculin Skin Test (TST, PPD) III. Precautions Tuberculosis Screening is used to identify Latent Tuberculosis Patients with […]
Tuberculosis Screening in Children Aka: Tuberculosis Screening in Children, Pediatric Tuberculosis Screening, NYCDOH Screening Questionnaire II. Indications Childhood Tb Screening (NYCDOH Questionnaire) Contact with person who has Tuberculosis Child […]
Tuberculin Skin Test Aka: Tuberculin Skin Test, TST, Purified Protein Derivative, Mantoux, PPD II. Epidemiology Clinicians under-read PPDs Kendig (1998) Chest 113:1175-7 [PubMed] III. Mechanism Based on delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction Detectable […]
Tuberculosis Risk Factors for progression from Latent to Active Disease Aka: Tuberculosis Risk Factors for progression from Latent to Active Disease, Tb Risk Factors for Latent Disease […]
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