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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Algorithm and Differential diagnosis of dysphonia (hoarseness) #Diagnosis #ENT #Primarycare #Pulmonology #Dysphonia #Hoarseness #Hoarse #Voice #Differential
Algorithm and Differential ... diagnosis of dysphonia ... (hoarseness) #Diagnosis ... #ENT #Primarycare ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Diagnosis of Miliary ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... HighRes #Chest #CT ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Imaging, high res CT ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #Infections #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... CXR +/- High res CT ... #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: TB, NTM, PNA ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... high-resolution chest CT ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
episcleritis • ENT ... Other tests: • CT ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... seen on chest CT ... Renal #Syndromes #differential