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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... Pleuritic CP • Cough ... • High fever, cough ... angioinvasive disease ... : • Cough and
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Mycoplasma and Viral Pneumonias ... - Bacterial Pneumonias ... Disorders - Left ... Gases #Chronic #Cough
Chlamydia trachomatis - Infection of the Newborn
 • Newborns 3-16 weeks old 
 • Afebrile (appears
• Staccato cough ... topical) • Pneumonia ... cervicitis, newbom pneumonia ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... (mild pneumonia
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... nonproductive cough ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
silhouette sign of the left ... anteriorly in the left ... consolidation due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... Radiology #CXR #Pneumonia
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial Lung Disease ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Pneumonconiosis - Lung disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... smoking; Fever, cough ... Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Eosinophilic #Lung #Diseases
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
Pathogens in Pneumonia ... pathogens causing pneumonia ... structural lung disease ... structural lung dsease ... structural lung disease
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Right Lower Lobe Pneumonia ... Left Upper Quadrant ... Pyelonephritis • Left ... Lower Lobe Pneumonia ... Dysmenorrhea Left