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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
 •
Causes of Diffuse ... Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Inflammatory / Infectious ... ) #Diffuse #Focal ... #Hematology #Oncology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential #
Causes of Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cervical:
 - Anterior
     • Infection
Causes of Localized ... Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... #Localized #Focal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Cause Many Illnesses ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... #Infections #differential
Causes of Vaginal Discharge - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Endometrium
 • Cervix
 • Vulva
 • Vagina
Systemic
Causes of Vaginal ... vascular disease • Dermatologic ... Local Inflammatory ... Sexually Transmitted Infection ... vaginalis Toxic Shock Syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
1) Focal (involving ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
complex • Nodular/Masses ... Kaposi's Sarcoma • Focal ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #diseases #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
: Anaphylaxis, Vocal ... aspiration, Parasitic infection ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... • Loose anagen syndrome ... HairLoss #Alopecia #dermatology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes