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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
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
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
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
 •
Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious