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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Bacteria: Nocardia, zoonotic ... infections, meliodosis ... - Disseminated Parasites ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic ... Infection • Ulceroglandular ... organism into the lungs ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... intracellular parasite ... transmission as zoonotic ... infection ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Primary site of infection ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Abscess Management ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... SIow growing, Long ... #microbiology #zoonotic ... #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Pulmonary ( ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management