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Chest xray to rule out subclinical TB; hx and PE to check for extrapulmonary TB
Start isoniazid and rifampin until you can determine if he has drug-resistant TB
No action needed; he doesn't have active TB
Get sputum for culture
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Same as active infection: 6 months of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol (for first 2 months, until M tuberculosis isolate is determined to be sensitive to isoniazid, then minimum 4 months of isoniazid and rifampin)
No treatment needed until progression to active TB
Isoniazid for 9 months
Isoniazid and rifampin for 12 months
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Anorexia, weight loss
Fever, night sweats
Significant hemoptysis
Blood-streaked sputum
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Pleural fluid culture
A sputum microscopy
Blood culture
Isoniazid susceptibility testing
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Sometimes mistaken for malignancy
A common form of extrapulmonary TB
Tuberculous lymphadenitis
All of the above
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Rifampin
Isoniazid
Ethambutol
Pyrazinamide
Isoniazid
Ethambutol
Rifampin
Pyrazinamide
Isoniazid
Ethambutol
Rifampin
Pyrazinamide
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