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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Infection, Nocardia ... ): • Chronic Infections ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.kansasii, MAC) Fungal ... > 200: Endemic fungi ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Treatment • Invasive pulmonary ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Treatment #management #pharmacology
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... - Other: • Fungal ... Organ Specific Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... vascular - pulmonary ... embolus I = infection ... - pulmonary abscess ... (TB, fungal, staph
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... demyelination), Infectious ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... (fungal, TB, parasitic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
diagnosis: Scalp infections ... mycobacterial infection ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... mycobacterial/fungal ... infections •
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... • Trauma Non-infectious ... • Infectious ... : • Fungal • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes