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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... with underlying lung ... #Infections #Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... TheIDtrivia #Infectious ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential #
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Lung Disease. ... cell arteritis Infectious ... - Chronic mycobacterial ... #Differential # ... #Lung #Disease.
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 Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Diagnosis Infectious ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Infectious Etiologies ... Hepatitis C virus, HIV ... Borrelia species, Mycobacterium ... ) Non-Infectious ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... : HIV, Hepatitis ... , Leprosy • Inflammatory ... /AI: CIDP, Guillain-Barre ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Pseudocellulitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Cellulitis Mimics

Cellulitis: Deep skin and subcutaneous fat infection

Pseudo
subcutaneous fat infection ... hypodermis from a non-infectious ... However, many non-infectious ... Inflammatory Causes ... carcinoma - Lung
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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- Differential ... - DDX: - Infection ... to the knee Infectious ... bacilli (19%) - Mycobacterium ... Post-Infectious