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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
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
Approach to the Rash ... , Viral infections ... dermatoses #skin #Rash ... #oncology #differential ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... & SOFT TISSUE INFECTION ... • Mycobacterium ... #Mycobacteria #differential
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... upper lobes due to infection ... with atypical mycobacterium ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Sporotrichiosis Infection ... painless nodular rash ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Opacities: • Infectious ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Linear Rash in the Returning Traveler - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Cutaneous larva migrans
 • Scabies (Sarcoptes
Linear Rash in the ... Returning Traveler - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Fascioliasis Non-infectious ... #Diagnosis #dermatology
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
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential