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Unit 3 – Overview of TB Disease

Unit 3 – Overview of TB Disease. Botswana National Tuberculosis Programme Manual Training for Medical Officers. Learning Objectives. At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: Describe the causes of TB Describe how TB is transmitted

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Unit 3 – Overview of TB Disease

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  1. Unit 3 – Overview of TB Disease Botswana National Tuberculosis Programme Manual Training for Medical Officers

  2. Learning Objectives At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: • Describe the causes of TB • Describe how TB is transmitted • Describe the difference between TB infection and TB disease • Identify high risk populations and high risk behaviours • Describe the pathogenesis of TB

  3. What is Tuberculosis? TB is an illness caused by one of four (4) types of bacteria: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) Mycobacterium africanum (M. africanum) Mycobacterium microti (M. microti) The majority of TB cases are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis M. tuberculosis complex consists of all four bacteria

  4. Characteristics of M. tuberculosis (1) Slightly curved, rod shaped bacilli 0.2 - 0.5 microns in diameter and 2 - 4 microns in length Acid fast - resists decolourisation with acid/alcohol TB bacilli as seen under the microscope Source: Kubica GP, CDC, 1979

  5. Characteristics of M. tuberculosis (2) Thick lipid cell wall Multiplies every 18 - 24 hours Can remain dormant for decades Aerobic Non-motile

  6. Pathogenesis of TB Infection (implantation) Multiplication Dissemination (spread to other parts of the body) Cell-mediated immune response (healing) Reactivation

  7. Definitions Alveoli The small air sac at the end of the airways in the lungs Macrophage A type of white blood cell that eats bacteria or foreign organisms, found in the alveoli of the lungs Granuloma Nodular inflammatory lesions that contain compactly grouped mononuclear phagocytes (macrophages) Tuberculous granulomas are often caseating (necrotic at their center) and contain Langerhans giant cells AFB can often be seen on staining

  8. Infection (Implantation Stage) Source: CDC, 2001

  9. Primary Infection A person with primary infection may have: No symptoms Limited symptoms Progressive symptoms

  10. How TB is Spread (1) Person-to-person Through the air by a person with TB disease of the lungs Less frequently transmitted by ingestion of Mycobacterium bovis found in unpasteurised milk products Rarely transmitted by inhalation of aerosolized infected fluids (e.g., TB abscess)

  11. How TB is Spread (2) A person with infectious pulmonary TB (PTB) who coughs, sneezes, or speaks Tiny particles of water (droplet nuclei) containing the TB bacteria enter the air and can remain suspended in the air for several hours The bacteria can then be inhaled by others sharing the same air space © ITECH, 2006 Source: CDC, 2001

  12. Probability of Transmission Environment in which exposure occurred Infectiousness of person with TB Immunologic status of exposed person Duration of exposure Virulence of the organism

  13. Spread of TB to Other Parts of the Body (Dissemination Stage) Pulmonary Lymph nodes Pleural Effusion Miliary Kidney Spine Meningitis Source: CDC, 2001 © ITECH, 2006

  14. Healing Stage:Cell-Mediated Immune Response Process of halting the multiplication of the TB bacilli and preventing further spread This same response causes the skin test to be positive © University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology Granuloma

  15. Latent Infection Period of time during which the person experiences no symptoms but is still infected with the bacteria The bacteria lives inside macrophages or within a granuloma where the bacteria remains dormant A person with latent TB infection cannot spread the bacteria to other people

  16. Reactivation of TB (1) Dormant bacteria can become active again Escape granuloma and enter the airway Source: CDC, 2001

  17. Reactivation of TB (2) Latent infection can reactivate, causing active TB disease Reactivation occurs when the immune system weakens and the TB bacteria multiplies TB bacteria and dead cells in the airway will cause a person to cough Higher proportion of smear-negative PTB in PLWHA

  18. Question What is the difference between TB infection and disease?

  19. Infection The bacteria lives inside a person without that person having any symptoms because the immune system is able to control the infection Not all infected people develop TB disease In HIV negative individuals, 10% lifetime risk of developing disease if TB infected In HIV positive individuals, 10% ANNUAL risk of developing disease if TB infected

  20. Disease If the immune system cannot control the infection the bacteria multiply and cause disease TB disease can develop soon after infection, many years after infection or it may never develop What is one factor, besides HIV, that might increase the chance that TB infection progresses to disease?

  21. Risk Factors for Progressionfrom TB Infection to TB Disease (1) • HIV/AIDS • Malnutrition • Recent TB infection • Extremes of age (children under 5 years of age and the very old) • Alcoholism and other substance abuse

  22. Risk Factors for Progressionfrom TB Infection to TB Disease (2) Silicosis of lung Renal failure Diabetes Mellitus Lymphatic malignancies Immunosuppressive medications and treatments including prolonged corticosteroid therapy Gastrectomy Source: Merck, 2005

  23. Key Points (1) Evidence of TB has been seen to be affecting humans for centuries TB transmission occurs from persons with active pulmonary TB TB droplets remain suspended in the air for hours The bacteria can be killed by direct sunlight Ventilation is important

  24. Key Points (2) When TB is first acquired, it causes primary infection Persons with poor immunity, especially very young children and persons with AIDS, are more likely to have primary progressive disease Latent infection-- period of time when person experiences no symptoms but is still infected with the bacteria

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