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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
a patient with active ... with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
africanum • Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Diagnosis of Miliary ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... #Infections #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
africanum • Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
ProBNP (pro B-type natriuretic peptide) is secreted by cardiomyocytes in response to stretch and is quickly
routinely used to aid diagnosis ... is biologically active ... not biologically active ... are cleared differentially ... : BNP is actively
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Patterns of Diseases on MRI FLAIR - Differential Diagnosis
ADEM, Adreno-leukodystrophy, CADASIL, CNS, Lymphoma, High-Grade Glioma, HIV
on MRI FLAIR - Differential ... Diagnosis ADEM ... Migraine, MS: Active ... Diseases #MRI #Differential ... #clinical
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
wax and wane; diagnosis ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical