Tuberculosis Flashcards
TB is the commonest cause of infectious disease-related mortality worldwide?
True or false?
True
What fraction of global population have latent TB infection?
1/4
Is the global incidence of TB rising or falling?
Falling
Is the drug resistance prevelance rising or falling?
Rising
What % of TB patients are HIV infected?
8% HIV positive
The global prevelance of multi-drug resistant TB is lower in previously treated cases.
True or false?
False
Globally proportion of new cases with MDR TB is 3.4% new cases and 18.4% of previously treated cases
Is TB rising or falling in the UK?
Falling - less than 500 cases a year
People born outside of UK account for ____% of cases
72%
What is the pathophysiology of TB?
- Airborne droplet spread
- Inhaled – deposited in terminal airspaces
- Macrophages ingest bacilli – replicate within endosomes
- Transported to regional lymph node
- Killed
- Multiply → primary TB
- Dormant → asymptomatic (LTBI if exposed to host immune system)
- Proliferate after period of latency → reactivation disease
Complete the diagram
50%
What is the risk of developing active TB?
How is this risk different in HIV+ patients?
Risk of developing active TB 10-15% over lifetime in immunocompetent
HIV+: risk 10% per annum
What are the microscopic features of TB?
- Aerobic bacillus
- Divides every 16-20 hours (slow)
- Cell wall, but lacks phospholipid outer membrane
- Does not stain strongly with Gram stain (weakly positive)
- Retains stains after treatment with acids
–Acid fast bacillus
What will you see in pathology in TB patients?
Granulomatous inflammation
- Rim of lymphocytes
- Fibroblasts
- Central infected macrophages (giant cells)
- Central necrosis – caseation
- Secretion of cytokines (IFNγ) – activate macrophages to kill bacteria
- AFBs (acid fast bacillus) in granulomas
What does this show?
Granulomatous inflammation
Who is at higher transmission risk?
- Close contacts of infectious cases (smear +)
- Contact with high risk groups:
- High incidence country
- Frequent travel to high incidence areas
•Immune deficiency:
- HIV
- Steroids
- Chemotherapy and biologics
- Nutritional deficiency (vit D),
- Diabetes
- End stage renal failure
•Lifestyle factors:
- Drug/alcohol misuse
- Homelessness/hostels/overcrowding
- Prison inmates
Genetic susceptibility (twin studies of gene polymorphisms)
What is anti-TNF-alpha treatment?
Medication for TB causing immunosurpression
What happens during primary TB?
–Bacilli overcome immune system soon after initial infection
What risk factors increase reactivation?
–Risk of reactivation increases with immunosuppression
HIV + risk 10% per year
HIV – risk 1%