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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... abscessus - Is ... disease. 15% mortality ... as disseminated disease ... #Infections #Mycobacterium
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... Mycobacterial ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... status NTM Cause ... Lung Disease:
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infection (NTM) ... disease, bacteremia
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... disseminated microbial disease ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infection (NTM) ... disease, bacteremia
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary diseases ... in HIV/AIDS Patients ... Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... Diseases Fellows
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... dentition/gingival disease ... loss • Late disease ... Abscess Differential ... causes #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Disease ... avium, Mycobacterium ... angioinvasive disease
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Erythema ab igne • A dermatosis ... early localized disease ... associated with mycobacterial ... called "Bazin's disease ... so-called fifth disease