Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Also written as EPTB.
• Severe bacterial infections (e.g., • Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) Conditions\npneumonia, empyema, where confirmatory diagnostic testing is\npyomyositis, bone or joint\nnecessary:\ninfection, meningitis, bacteraemia)\n• Cryptosporidiosis, with diarrhoea > 1 month
What our notes say
- • Severe bacterial infections (e.g., • Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) Conditions\npneumonia, empyema, where confirmatory diagnostic testing is\npyomyositis, bone or joint\nnecessary:\ninfection, meningitis, bacteraemia)\n• Cryptosporidiosis, with diarrhoea > 1 month (Kenya-ARV-Guidelines-2022-2)
- EPTB Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis RAST Rapid Assessment Tool (Kenya-ARV-Guidelines-2022-2)