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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
- Systemic immune-mediated ... disease - Infection ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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reaction - Helminth infection ... aspergillosis - Viral infections ... malignancy - Immune ... hypereosinophilia #HE #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Generalized: • Auto-immune ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... Nephropathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cancer • Auto-immune ... #Differential #
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Strauss) Anti-GBM Immune ... Mediated: • ↓C3: Infection-Related ... #causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Pathophysiology and Differential ... Diagnosis • Dilated ... • Toxic • Infectious ... Pathophysiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology