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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... with atypical mycobacterium ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #NTM #Cavity #AirFluidLevel
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #Infections #Mycobacterium ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
patient with a mycobacterium ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria ... #NTM #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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inhalational injury Differential ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... Chest #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
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 ... infection (NTM)
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... Mycobacterial ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Nontuberculous #Mycobacteria ... #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 ... infection (NTM)
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Blood and sputum cx ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... Soil #Infections #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Infection: TB, NTM ... Physical stigmata of cor ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential