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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Fever, weight ... Cytopenias VIRAL ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
and Hemoptysis Acute ... Mycoplasma and Viral ... Pneumonias - ... Bacterial Pneumonias ... Differential #Causes #Table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Diseases • Acute ... initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... #Diseases #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
or chronic illness ... Lobar pneumonia ... with cough and fever ... with low oxygen level ... nodular interstitial lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Chronic alcoholism ... : • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Intervention: - Fevers ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... • Other lung ... hepatitis • Acute ... ratio < 1.5) from viral ... myocarditis, rheumatic fever
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
but stable or chronic ... General: fever, ... anterior/posterior MSK ... , fever, migratory ... presentation with fever
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Fever 4.
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... or chronic pulmonary ... • Isolated fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases