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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

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

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... Mycobacterial ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... #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)
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)
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
polymerase in chain reaction ... CAVITATION - Mycobacteria ... Patterns #Pulmonary #Lung ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium ... Coccidioidomycosis, CMV, Mycobacterium ... avium, Mycobacterium ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
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 ... /- High res CT chest ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Infection: TB, NTM ... in the adjacent lung ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... patients), • Chest ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Broncholithiasis #Differential