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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... keratitis. ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... • Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... Veno-Occlusive Disease ... #Cardiology #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... GNs: Disease process ... Due to systemic disease ... Post-infectious
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Algorithm Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... Infiltrative • Infectious ... CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lymphoproliferative disease ... • Metastatic disease ... demyelinating diseases ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
(Dermatitis, Migratory ... Lesions) • Fifth Disease ... like rash) • Primary ... tuberculosis • Lyme Disease ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... structural heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... structural heart disease ... #differential #
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Lesions - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... Glioblastoma multiforme, Primary ... Demyelinating Disease ... Diagnosis #neurology #radiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
immune-mediated disease ... - Infection ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Sarcoidosis, Primary ... , Nieman-Pick Disease ... , Danon Disease, ... Gaucher Disease ... #differential #