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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... #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 ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
vitamin D ingestion, Mycobacterium ... VitaminD #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Abnormal Serum TSH - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased TSH
 • Hypothyroidism
 • Sub-clinical Hypothyroidism
 • Recovery from
Abnormal Serum TSH - Differential ... Hypothyroidism • Sub-clinical ... Illness • Sub-Clinical ... Toxicosis #TSH #Differential ... #Hyperthyroid #Endocrinology
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
patient with a mycobacterium ... with cavitation #Clinical ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Gynecomastia - Differential Diagnosis a
nd Workup Algorithm
Gynecomastia is common in clinical practice, affecting ~50% of males
Gynecomastia - Differential ... Gynecomastia is common in clinical ... #Gynecomastia #Differential ... Workup #Algorithm #endocrinology
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
• Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology