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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Diagnosis Framework ... antibiotics as a cause ... negative culture Brain ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neoplasm-related (brain ... (fungal, TB, parasitic ... #Causes
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... (daptomycin in lungs
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
Endemic treponemal infection ... rhinocleromatis) Fungus ... Washington University ID ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #differential
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain Infections
When we hear a patient w/ co-occurrence of lung-brain infection, Nocardia seems to
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain ... co-occurrence of lung-brain ... #Infections #Lung ... #Brain #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis ... and Lung Infections ... Toxoplasmosis • Fungi ... #Lung #Infections ... #Diagnosis #causes
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Eosinophilia Infection ... Paragonimiasis • Fungal ... Washington University ID ... #Diagnosis #causes
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... #Lung #Infections ... #Concurrent #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... #Lung #Infections ... #Concurrent #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases