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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal ... Infection - Diagnosis ... syndrome: • Fever, chills ... knees, wrists, ankles ... TheIDtrivia #Disseminated
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... patients presents as disseminated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Malaria, Babesiosis, Disseminated ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Gastrointestinal, Disseminated ... is uncommon Diagnosis ... hyphae, acute angle
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... • Uremia • Meigs ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... abscessus, kansasii DISSEMINATED ... & SOFT TISSUE INFECTION ... #differential #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Differential Diagnosis ... Opacities: • Infectious ... varicella - Disseminated ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Disseminated ... Disseminated: ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and death from disseminated ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... Fevers and/or chills ... • Pulmonary artery ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis