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Webinar: HIV & TB: Managing the Minefield of Diagnosis and Treatment

Primary Care & Comorbidities, Webcast

Facilitated by David Ashkin, MD, FCCP
Medical Director, State Tuberculosis (TB) Program, Florida Department of Health
Co-Principal Investigator, Southeast National TB Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine
Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine
October 12, 2022

Objectives

  • Describe the increased risk for development of active TB in patients with HIV infection to achieve timely treatment for this population. 
  • Describe the importance of considering the presence of TB disease in symptomatic HIV infected patients to improve efficacy for diagnosis, treatment and prevent transmission.    
  • Formulate a plan for treatment of active TB in those with HIV to effectively manage and improve patient outcomes
  • Describe Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in patients with HIV and TB, including the diagnosis and management

 

Presentation

Slides

Facilitated by David Ashkin, MD, FCCP
Medical Director, State Tuberculosis (TB) Program, Florida Department of Health
Co-Principal Investigator, Southeast National TB Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine
Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine
October 12, 2022

Objectives

  • Describe the increased risk for development of active TB in patients with HIV infection to achieve timely treatment for this population. 
  • Describe the importance of considering the presence of TB disease in symptomatic HIV infected patients to improve efficacy for diagnosis, treatment and prevent transmission.    
  • Formulate a plan for treatment of active TB in those with HIV to effectively manage and improve patient outcomes
  • Describe Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in patients with HIV and TB, including the diagnosis and management

 

Presentation

Slides