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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Bronchiectasis ... inflammation Symptoms ... • Pulmonary artery ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
can result in bronchiectasis ... ARE THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS ... fever, malaise, weight ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... • IRIS might ... status, and focal neurologic ... enhancement on CT ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... res CT) • Exclusion
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... (fever, weight ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... associated with high ... gradually with symptoms ... opacities; traction bronchiectasis ... Improvement in symptoms
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
DX relies on a high ... affected tissue • High-dose ... by culture or serology ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Diagnosis: • Serology