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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Here's a little symptom-based ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... Opportunistic #Infections #Diagnosis ... #OIs #Guide #Symptoms ... Manifestations #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Indolent symptoms ... meropenem) #Lung ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Lung Cancer Overview - Types, Location and Characteristics and Histology
SPHERE of complications: 
Superior vena cava syndrome
Lung Cancer Overview ... Recurrent laryngeal symptoms ... pericardial) All lung ... Mnemonic #Overview #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Key signs and symptoms ... e.g. brain and lung ... febrilepodcast@gmail.com #InfectiousDiseases ... #History #HPI #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
involvement of lung ... 4 - Fibrosis Pulmonary ... chylothorax, and pulmonary ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Staging #Signs #Symptoms
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
gastrointestinal symptoms ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
calcinosis • Pulmonary ... (interstitial lung ... disease), PAH (pulmonary ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... Nocardiosis #Nocardia #diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... remodeling of pulmonary ... III - Chronic lung ... Symptoms of right ... Classification #diagnosis