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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... , Nocardia Chronic ... 12 weeks): • Chronic ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... as disseminated disease ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... #Chronic #Differential
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse Lung ... cell arteritis Infectious ... - Chronic mycoses ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... disease #Chronic
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Nail Clubbing - Differential ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... • Lung Cancer ... Cystic Fibrosis • Chronic
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... association • How long ... → Travelers' diarrhea ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... diarrhea • ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Malignancies • Chronic
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... - Chronic post-infection ... disease that is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... lung infections ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases