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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial ... Infections • Mycobacterium ... with underlying lung ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... (NTM) Infections ... Mycobacterial ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Nontuberculous #Mycobacteria
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Concurrent Brain and Lung ... Strep spp) • Mycobacteria ... tuberculosis, NTM ... ID_fellows #Brain #Lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection (NTM) ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection (NTM) ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... failure, COPD, Lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Infection: TB, NTM ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... known as atypical mycobacteria ... all the other mycobacteria ... #NTM #Cavity #AirFluidLevel
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... DISEASE: • Mycobacterium ... avium complex, Mycobacterium
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
patient with a mycobacterium ... NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria ... #NTM #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant