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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Infections: Lung abscess ... Infections: TB, NTB ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... Pulmonary Disease ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... likely to cause pulmonary ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Farmer and forestry work ... camping) The Disease ... : • Pulmonary ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management