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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... : • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... - Typhoid fever ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... cough and some fever ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... #Pneumonia #PJP
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Air-fluid level ... #Tuberculosis # ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... Treatment: •
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... Lobar pneumonia ... with cough and fever ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Radiology #CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • Fever ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR
Air Bronchograms in Pneumonia on Lung Ultrasound

Pearl: When lung looks like liver, it's never a good
Bronchograms in Pneumonia ... , it's never a good ... CXR in video for ... Lung #Ultrasound #clinical ... #pocus #Pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical