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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
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
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... Infiltrative • Infectious ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Bone marrow disease ... deficiency • Liver disease ... Von Willebrand disease ... : Schamberg Disease ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... risk for either primary ... disseminated microbial disease ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Cause Many Illnesses ... • Primarily occurs ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... Nucleotidase • ALT ... but elevated as disease ... pregnancy, Cardiac diseases ... , IgG4 related disease
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Venoocclusive disease ... Hereditary: Wilson Disease ... Hemochromatosis, Celiac disease ... of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... endemic fungi cause ... primary pulmonary ... disease • Aspergillus ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases