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#Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare #Sore #Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway #Emergency #RedFlags #Differential #Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare ... SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway ... Emergency #RedFlags #Differential ... Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
dilation of an airway ... tapering of the airway ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Infection: TB, NTM ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... Acid fast) • Pulmonary ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... Pulmonary Disease ... #Infections #differential
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
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... cause primary pulmonary ... Soil #Infections #differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Differential ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Broncholithiasis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

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