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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing ... most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... from the various causes ... superimposed pulmonay infection ... , ARDS, near-drowning
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... , Sjögren's • Infection ... Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Causes of Respiratory ... the Newborn - Differential ... Amniotic Fluid - Infectious ... RespiratoryDistress #Newborn #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
patient with HIV/AIDS ... Cocci*, Toxo*, non-infectious ... • Choroidal infections ... vision #HIVAIDS #InfectiousDiseases ... Anterior #Posterior #Differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Infectious: Legionella ... #bradycardia #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
are caused by members ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... considered in certain cases ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... barns and lake houses ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... chills, myalgias, nausea ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
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Causes of Adrenal ... Insufficiency - Differential ... Fungal • HIV/AIDS ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... illness • Infecton