18 TB
Overview
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Characteristics
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high oxygen content in upper lobe
mycolic acid makes mycobacterium
sulfatides: glycolipids on surface, allows survival inside macrophages
Infection
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latent: wall it off
most people: either clear infection or go into latent phase
small proportion: primary TB, may resolve or become miliary (systemic, serious)
may reactivate decades later when immunocompromised
Primary
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very rare to get sick from primary TB
kill macrophage and spill content
caseous necrosis: cheese like grossly
epithelioid: large cells that look like epithelial. Pic: giant cell
important: hilar, classic for TB and sarcoidosis
yellow in periphery
all results of primary exposure
Miliary TB
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name from xray: small white lines on xray looking like millet seeds
Reactivated TB
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primary exposure resolved, either Ghon complex or cleared or latent
Aspergilloma
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complication of reactivation TB
hemoptysis if big enough
Diagnosis
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inhalation: cough up some sputum
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measure the hardened area, not red area
can't mount immune response
false positive
Treatment
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DOT: pt come in to make sure not miss dosage so no resistant strains
INH
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katG in TB that activates INH
numbness in extremities
Rifampin
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Pyrazinamide
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Ethambutol
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Streptomycin
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