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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... wound infections keratitis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blastomyces - Dermatitidis ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
the Infectious Disease ... Key signs and symptoms ... that define the clinical ... syndrome - Does ... e.g. brain and lung
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... : • Syndrome of ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... diagnosis and treatment ... MRI lesions and clinical
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
, a disease with ... This disease imposes ... #diagnosis #causes ... #dermatology #skinrash ... /hyperactivity symptoms
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Trauma to the long ... accounts for —9096 of cases ... onset widespread pulmonary ... FES is a clinical ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... is biphasic • Clinical ... symptoms: headaches ... - And, in rare cases ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases