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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... DISEASE: • Mycobacterium ... #differential #
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #Infections #Mycobacterium
Management of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex in non-HIV patient

- Infographic by IDagram @ID_agram 

#MAC #Mycobacterium #avium
Management of Pulmonary ... Mycobacterium avium ... ID_agram #MAC #Mycobacterium ... avium #complex #Management ... #nonHIV #algorithm
Sample prehospital protocol for Excited Delirium 

#Excited #Delirium #prehospital #protocol #Algorithm #Management #Diagnosis #Differential #Paramedic
Sample prehospital protocol ... #prehospital #protocol ... #Algorithm #Management ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... from lymph node Mycobacteria ... #Differential # ... workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... Drug toxicity, Pulmonary ... Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... #diseases #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
, of brain - Mycobacterium ... extrapulmonary - Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... extrapulmonary) - Mycobacterium ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
.: Mycobacterium ... Others: - Pulmonary ... abnormalities (Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #differential