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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 ... #pulmonary #differential
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
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... Mycobacterium abscessus ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
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
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Lesions: C: cancer ... emboli) I: infection ... (bacterial/fungal ... ) - pulmonary abscess ... Mnemonic #Cavitary #Lesions
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
Liver infections and imaging findings
 - Pyogenic Liver Abscess
 - Amebic Abscess
 - Cholangitic Microabscesses
Liver infections ... Infection DDx of ... nodular liver lesions ... infection, sarcoidosis ... febrilepodcast.com] #Liver #Infections
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection ... Dengue fever, HIV infection ... without genital lesions ... bacterial skin infection
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
vascular - pulmonary ... embolus I = infection ... - pulmonary abscess ... (TB, fungal, staph ... Mnemonic #Cavitary #Lesions