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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
: • Chest pain ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... reported in 100% of cases ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... cough and some fever ... #Clinical #Radiology
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Mycoplasma and Viral Pneumonias ... - Bacterial Pneumonias ... #Differential #Causes ... #Table
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Infarction • Stable ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... On the chest x-ray ... include the list of causes ... caused by Streptcoccus ... #Clinical #Radiology
Central distribution is seen in sarcoidosis and cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Peripheral distribution is mainly seen in cryptogenic
and cardiogenic pulmonary ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #Differential #Table
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... Alveoli: - CHF - Pneumonia ... #Cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... with low oxygen level ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes