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Dermatology

Mycobacterial Infections

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4 sections · 188 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • What are mycobacteria
    • Why mycobacterial disease is rising
    • Mycobacteria that cause cutaneous disease
    • How mycobacteria are grouped (Runyon system)

    4 slides

  2. 02

    Hansen Disease (Leprosy)

    A chronic infection of the skin and peripheral nerves caused by Mycobacterium leprae

    • Key features of Hansen disease
    • A disease known since antiquity
    • Naming the disease
    • How common is Hansen disease
    • New leprosy cases worldwide, 2021
    • Hansen disease in the United States
    • How Hansen disease spreads
    • Hansen disease as a zoonosis
    • The organism and where it lives in the body
    • Why some people get sick and others do not
    • More susceptibility genes
    • The clinical-immunologic spectrum of Hansen disease
    • Clinical-immunologic spectrum of Hansen disease
    • The tuberculoid (strong-immunity) immune response
    • The lepromatous (weak-immunity) immune response
    • Clues from the antibody phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1)
    • Classifying Hansen disease
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - LL
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - BL
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - BB
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - BT
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - TT
    • Classification of Hansen disease across the spectrum - I
    • The WHO operational classification
    • Cutaneous findings in paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy
    • Examining the peripheral nerves
    • Nerve enlargement in lepromatous Hansen disease
    • The lepromatous form - clinical picture
    • Lepromatous Hansen disease - clinical appearance
    • Lepromatous Hansen disease - forearm nodules
    • Lepromatous Hansen disease - leonine facies
    • Late sequelae of lepromatous disease
    • Sequelae of Hansen disease
    • Histoid and Lucio leprosy - two distinct variants
    • Borderline leprosy - features in between
    • Mid-borderline (BB) leprosy
    • Borderline tuberculoid leprosy
    • The tuberculoid form - clinical picture
    • Tuberculoid Hansen disease - clinical appearance
    • Tuberculoid leprosy - plaque with central hypopigmentation
    • Reactions - a complication of treatment
    • Leprosy reactions - reversal reaction, ENL, and Lucio phenomenon
    • Type 1 (reversal) reactions
    • Type 2 reactions (erythema nodosum leprosum)
    • Lucio phenomenon
    • The two major types of leprosy reactions compared - Type 1 - reversal reaction
    • The two major types of leprosy reactions compared - Type 2 - erythema nodosum leprosum
    • Leprosy reactions - clinical spectrum
    • Type 1 upgrading reaction - facial involvement
    • Erythema nodosum leprosum
    • Erythema nodosum leprosum - three cases
    • Lucio phenomenon - retiform purpura and ulcers
    • Three histopathologic patterns
    • Lepromatous pattern on biopsy
    • Tuberculoid pattern on biopsy
    • Borderline and indeterminate patterns
    • Confirming the diagnosis - slit-skin smear and biopsy
    • PCR testing for Hansen disease
    • PCR testing requirements for M. leprae and M. lepromatosis
    • Submitting specimens for expert review
    • US specimen submission protocol for Hansen disease
    • US pathology consultation request form
    • Blood tests and the lepromin (Mitsuda) test
    • A trap for other diagnostic tests
    • Preventing disability
    • Clinical differential diagnosis of Hansen disease
    • WHO multidrug therapy (MDT) for Hansen disease
    • WHO 2018 treatment guidelines for Hansen disease
    • WHO 2018 treatment guidelines for Hansen disease (continued)
    • WHO 2018 treatment guidelines for Hansen disease (continued)
    • WHO 2018 treatment guidelines for Hansen disease (continued)
    • Treatment in the United States
    • How well does treatment work
    • Alternative and future drugs
    • Treating leprosy reactions
    • Outlook and prevention

    76 slides

  3. 03

    Cutaneous Tuberculosis

    Skin disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from direct inoculation to disseminated infection

    • Key features of cutaneous tuberculosis
    • A disease traced through history
    • How common is cutaneous tuberculosis
    • Tuberculosis incidence rates worldwide, 2021
    • The organism itself
    • From infection to disease
    • How a tuberculous granuloma forms
    • Stages of granuloma formation in tuberculosis
    • Host genetics and immune defense
    • Two routes into the skin
    • Tuberculous chancre
    • Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
    • Scrofuloderma
    • Scrofuloderma with bone involvement
    • Tuberculous mastitis
    • Orificial tuberculosis
    • Tuberculous ulcer of the tongue
    • Lupus vulgaris - overview
    • Lupus vulgaris - clinical spectrum
    • Lupus vulgaris - patterns and sites
    • Miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous gumma
    • What early cutaneous TB looks like under the microscope
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Tuberculous chancre
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - TB verrucosa cutis
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Scrofuloderma
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Scrofuloderma (continued)
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Orificial tuberculosis
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Lupus vulgaris
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Acute miliary TB
    • Clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis compared - Tuberculous gumma
    • What are tuberculids
    • Papulonecrotic tuberculid
    • Lichen scrofulosorum
    • Erythema induratum (nodular vasculitis)
    • Erythema induratum - under the microscope
    • BCG vaccination and its complications
    • BCG vaccination site complication (BCGitis)
    • Complication of BCG immunotherapy injection
    • Testing for TB infection - skin test vs blood test
    • IFN-gamma release assays versus tuberculin skin testing - Tuberculin skin test
    • IFN-gamma release assays versus tuberculin skin testing - IFN-gamma release assays
    • Test pitfalls and molecular diagnosis
    • Treating cutaneous tuberculosis
    • Targets of the antituberculous agents
    • Classes, activity, and cross-resistance of antituberculous agents
    • Classes, activity, and cross-resistance of antituberculous agents (continued)
    • Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Intensive phase - drugs
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Intensive phase - interval & doses
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Continuation phase - drugs
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Continuation phase - interval & doses
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Total doses
    • Drug regimens for culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis - Comments
    • New drugs for resistant tuberculosis
    • Vaccines - present and future

    55 slides

  4. 04

    Non-tuberculous Mycobacterioses

    Skin infections from environmental mycobacteria other than M. leprae and M. tuberculosis

    • Key features of non-tuberculous mycobacterioses
    • Discovery and where these organisms live
    • Who is most at risk of severe infection
    • A hazard of modern cosmetic and medical procedures
    • Classifying and treating NTM species
    • Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) - overview
    • Where Buruli ulcer occurs
    • How Buruli ulcer causes such severe, painless damage
    • Buruli ulcer - clinical course
    • Grading severity and diagnosis
    • Buruli ulcer - undermined indurated border
    • Treating Buruli ulcer
    • Mycobacterium marinum - fish tank and swimming pool granuloma
    • How M. marinum infection happens
    • Clinical patterns of M. marinum infection
    • Diagnosing and treating M. marinum
    • Mycobacterium kansasii
    • M. kansasii - clinical picture and diagnosis
    • Rapidly growing mycobacteria - overview
    • How rapid-grower infections happen
    • Clinical features of rapid-grower infections
    • Suppurative lymphadenitis from M. fortuitum inoculation
    • Mycobacterium chelonae infection
    • Diagnosing and treating rapid growers
    • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) - overview
    • Clinical features of MAC infection
    • MAC - pathology, diagnosis, and treatment
    • Mycobacterium haemophilum
    • M. haemophilum - clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment
    • Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
    • M. scrofulaceum - diagnosis and treatment
    • Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections by species - Local treatment
    • Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections by species - Systemic medications (alone or combined)
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    • Putting it all together
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    • Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)

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