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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
from lymph node Mycobacteria ... #Differential #workup
Age-Focused Initial Evaluation for Pyoderma Gangrenosum 

All Patients: 
 - A thorough history and physical examination
fungal, and mycobacterial ... #Gangrenosum #Workup
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Infections: Syphilis, Mycobacterium ... Aortitis #Diagnosis #Workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
should also include mycobacterial ... ascites #diagnosis #workup
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Mycobacterial culture ... • AFB stain • Mycobacterial ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
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
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup
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 ... with atypical mycobacterium
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial ... Infections • Mycobacterium ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #Infections #Mycobacterium
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
gonorrhea, Lyme, mycobacterial ... rheumatology #approach #workup