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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
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 ... , Metastatic disease ... Diseases Fellows ... #radiology
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
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... Diseases Fellows ... #HIVAIDS #workup ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
(NTM) Infections ... Cause Many Illnesses ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #NTM #Infections ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
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 ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... #infectiousdiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... • Primary ciliary ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... Sputum cultures growing
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
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... worsening of that disease ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium