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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... occur if there is erosion ... Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Noninfectious Causes ... foreign material • Erosion
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... Differential Infection ... #Lesions #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: Mucormycosis ... Causes: Granulomatosis ... Dermatomyositis, Lung ... #pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Interstitial lung ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Algorithm #Causes
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... embolus I = infection ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... sweats, chills (infection ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... #Algorithm #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... /- High res CT chest ... #workup #diagnosis