Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a significant human pathogen that can cause asymptomatic latent tuberculosis infection. Approximately 5% to 15% of patients with latent tuberculosis cases will reactivate across their lifetime, progressing to active tuberculosis disease and potentially transmitting this pathogen throughout the community. To avoid the personal and public health concerns related to tuberculosis reactivation, identifying and treating patients with latent tuberculosis infections is critical, even in low-incidence regions such as the United States. This activity reviews the etiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of latent tuberculosis infection, the steps in evaluating and diagnosing patients with latent tuberculosis infection, and the standard therapeutic regimens, including their adverse effects, for this disease process. The activity also highlights the importance and benefit of interprofessional teams in improving treatment adherence and outcomes for patients with latent tuberculosis infection and curbing the progression rates to active tuberculosis.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/156824
- Start Date: 2024-12-01 06:00:00
- End Date: 2024-12-01 06:00:00
- Credit Details: IPCE Credits: 1.0 hours
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.0 hours
Nursing: 1.0 hours
Pharmacy: 1.0 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABPATH - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABTS)
ABIM - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABP - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABTS) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Cardiothoracic, Clinical Pathology, Critical Care Medicine, Forensic Pathology, General Operative Anesthesia, General Pediatrics, Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary, Mediastinum