Avatar photoJuzar Ali, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP

Dr. Ali is a Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans and Director of the LSU-Wetmore Mycobacterial program. He is also attached to the regional office of Public Health through the Wetmore TB clinic. He is an academic clinician with special clinical and research interests in mycobacterial diseases and bronchiectasis within the section of Pulmonary Critical care at LSUHSC New Orleans.

Rheumatology Practice & Mycobacterial Diseases: Awareness, Screening, Treatment & Sequelae

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Join Dr. Juzar Ali as he provides an update on identification, screening, and management of TB and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) in non-HIV immune compromised patients seen specially in Rheumatology practices. Dr. Ali also discusses practical issues faced by physicians taking care of patients being treated with immune suppressive medications and biologic agents. (run time: presentation … Read more

Expert Series with Dr. Juzar Ali

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In this two-part Expert video series, Dr. Juzar Ali discusses the T-SPOT®.TB test’s Borderline result category and its clinical utility in helping to reduce the risk of misclassifying patients whose results are around the test’s established cut-offs for Positive or Negative. Video 1: What is the Borderline? (run time: 16m, 15s) Video 2: Case Studies … Read more

Moving Beyond the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)

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The Tuberculin Skin Test was developed in 1907. While it was highly effective in the US for most of the 20th century, it no longer meets the needs of the 21st century. At the end of the presentation and discussion participants will be able to: Describe the diagnostic immunological testing options available for TB screening … Read more

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