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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Subacute: • Acute Infections ... : Lung abscess, ... Infection, Nocardia ... ): • Chronic Infections ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #lesion
Liver infections and imaging findings
 - Pyogenic Liver Abscess
 - Amebic Abscess
 - Cholangitic Microabscesses
Liver infections ... Infection DDx of ... lesions: Hepatic ... infection, sarcoidosis ... #Infections #Hepatic
Differential diagnosis for pyogenic liver abscess:
Infectious etiologies predominate. Most are pyogenic (bacterial). Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica) and
abscess: Infectious ... Infectious Bacterial ... • Bartonella Fungal ... Candidiasis • Endemic Fungi ... Abscess • Hepatic
Classification of oral lesions in transplant patients
Infectious:
 • HSV infection
 • VZV virus infection
 • Epstein-Barr
: • HSV infection ... • VZV virus infection ... viruses • CMV infection ... dentoalveolar abscesses ... Candidiasis • Deep fungal
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection ... fever, HIV infection ... without genital lesions ... fluke infections
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... Differential Diagnosis • Infections ... : Cerebral abscess ... (bacterial, fungal ... usually multiple lesions
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Disseminated Gonoccocal Infection ... Papules & Mucosal Lesions ... • Primary HIV Infection ... Erythema Migrans) #Infectious
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
Endemic treponemal infection ... rhinocleromatis) Fungus ... Invasive mold infection ... #infections #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... histoplasmosis Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
of Skin + Eye infections ... VZV, CMV, HIV • Fungal ... tuberculosis, M. abscessus ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential