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Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Cough - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Causes #PrimaryCare
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Foreign Body Airway ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
cough • Hypoxia ... Infection: TB, NTM ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... : Chronic lung infections ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #Infections #differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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• Nonspecific chronic ... cough, • Hemoptysis ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
caused by upper airway ... Chronic cough has ... #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare ... #Chronic #Cough ... #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
• Silicosis • Chronic ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... malignancy, and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... malignancy, and chronic