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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing ... with underlying lung ... #Growing #Mycobacterial ... #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... canimorsus • Virus: HIV ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential # ... #infectiousdiseases
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
GI, lung, skin), ... eosinophilia) • Infectious ... Aspergillus), Viral (HIV ... , HTLV-1), Mycobacteria ... bartonella) • Rheum/AI
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Hepatitis C virus, HIV ... Borrelia species, Mycobacterium ... Diabetes mellitus, Inflammatory ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Lymphadenitis: • MAC Rapid ... Lung Disease: ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... factor • May cause ... #Infections #HIV ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
, CCP, ANCA • HIV ... Sputum cultures growing ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Syndrome - Overview ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... flare, rapid progression ... #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... , proteinuria, rapidly ... tract, and often causes ... : - Ocular inflammatory ... to exclude are infections
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hematuria) • Inflammatory ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... diagnosis #management