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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial ... most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... - Differential Diagnosis ... antibiotics as a cause ... - Acid-Fast: Mycobacteria ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Sporothrix Bacterial: Mycobacteria ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #neurology
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis ... management Causes ... from lymph node Mycobacteria ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology
Common Pathogens: E. Coli, K. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Rare pathogens that can cause
pathogens that can cause ... hepatic abscesses: Mycobacterium ... #Microbiology #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... depending on the cause ... Infections: Syphilis, Mycobacterium ... #Aortitis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Infectious - Chronic mycobacterial ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Suggested diagnostic ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... the differential diagnosis ... should also include mycobacterial
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Toxoplasmosis • Mycobacteria ... Non-tuberculous mycobacteria ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Toxoplasmosis • Mycobacteria ... Non-tuberculous mycobacteria ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #infectiousdiseases