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| long slender curved beaded rods; acid fast |
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| high lipid content in cell wall; wax D - peptidoglycolipid (enhances immunogenicity) |
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| nonmotile, obligate aerobe, slow grower, acid fast |
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| active TB pathophysiology |
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| inhalation of droplet, localization to mid/lower lung, multiplication + pneumonia/pleurisy, dissemination |
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| asymptomatic TB pathophysiology |
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| Inhalation of droplet, localization to mid/lower lung, multiplication, dissemination, localiazation to high O2 areas (apex of lung, kidney, bone, brain), devo of immunity |
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| tradtional culture techniques for TB |
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| radiometric cultures (Bactec) + DNA probe; shorten time to 1-3 weeks |
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| time you wait to read a TB skin test |
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5 mm: high risk patients
10 mm: person at moderate risk
15 mm: no additional risk factors |
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| preventative therapy for patients at high risk of getting TB |
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| complications with isoniazid |
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| liver toxicity and complications |
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| RIPE - rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide (PZA), and Ethambutol |
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| Treatment for Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (non-tuberculous) |
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| acid fast, cannot be cultured on synthetic media; armadillos |
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| diffuse tissue involvement, diffuse granulomatous reaction, many skin lesions |
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| few skin lesions, pronounced peripheral nerve involvement |
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| cutaneous - hypo/hyper pigmented lesions that are anesthetic |
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| fungus-like, gram + w/ branching filaments, may be acid fast |
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| anaerobic, need enriched media, not acid fast, pleomorphic gram + rods |
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| normal flora in mouth/gut that when there is facial trauma will form "lumpy jaw" |
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| Actinomyces israelii, bovis |
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| formation of sulfa granules, treat with penicillin |
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| Gram + branching rods, acid fastish, aerobic |
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| Nocardia asteroides/brasiliensis |
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| Soil inhabitant, may have sulfa granules if cutaneous, acid fast |
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