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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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rarely) diffuse inhalational ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... Sarcoidosis, HSP • Inhalation
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
ETIOLOGIES: Infectious ... fracture • Burn inhalation ... injury • Caustic inhalation
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Occupational/inhalation ... cell arteritis Infectious
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... Respiratory Tract: Inhalation ... black eschar - Inhalation ... leprae • Nocardia infection
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections ... Inhalation of airborne ... manifestations of Fusarium infection ... require enucleation Infectious ... ID_fellows #Fusarium #Infections
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation ... Disseminated Infections ... occurs by inhalation ... Pathogenesis: • Inhalation ... . posadasii • Inhalation
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
intersitial space Infection ... resulting from inhalation
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Coccidioides posadasii infection ... fever, is a fungal infection ... develop after inhalation ... Coccidioidomycosis infections ... disseminate the infection
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
Antihistamine/decongestant inhalation ... treat bacterial infections
Melioidosis - Skin Infection
63M h/o diabetes with c/o fever, chest pain, dyspnea x 3 days, CT
Melioidosis - Skin Infection ... through broken skin, inhalation ... Melioidosis #Skin #Infection