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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Cause Many Illnesses ... : • Pulmonary ... : Chronic lung infections ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... #Infections #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
substances primarily affect ... apices caused by ... a rigid chest cage ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... Diagnosis: • Direct ... by culture or serology ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
mechanisms: • Direct ... starting amiodarone treatment ... Pleuritic chest ... failure - Infectious ... macrophages Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
TM is monophasic ... : Direct microbial ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential