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Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Bronchiectasis - ... Infection (Bacterial, TB ... , NTM, Fungal) ... @PulmPEEPs #Bronchiectasis ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... • Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
- Differential ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... Lower Airway: ... #Chronic #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #PrimaryCare
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... percent), • Cough ... #Infections #differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Nonspecific chronic cough ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
fevers • MAC/NTM ... Pneumonitis (fever, cough ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential