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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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cytokines Common causes ... reaction - Helminth infection ... disease Rare causes ... aspergillosis - Viral infections ... malignancy - Immune
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... pericarditis (select cases ... hypoxemia • Immune ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #Indications #infections
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Melanoma • Axillary: Infection ... Sexually transmitted infections ... Generalized: • Auto-immune ... , Sjögren's • Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... are caused by members ... impaired cellular immune ... considered in certain cases ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
because of innate immune ... eliminated the infection ... via innate immune ... with acquired immune ... ‏ #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... antibodies • Immune-complex ... lupus) • Pauci-immune ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... legionella) • Immune
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... Hep B and C • Infections ... Chronic mucosal infections ... Cancer • Auto-immune ... #Nephropathy #Causes
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
- Systemic immune-mediated ... disease - Infection ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Type III Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Small antigen-antibody complexes (produced from normal immune response to
produced from normal immune ... a maladaptive immune ... self-antigens are the cause ... antigens are the cause ... Arthritis • Post-infectious