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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm Acute ... Infections: TB, NTB ... #lesion #pulmonary
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling ... with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... #Diseases #Radiology ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... DISEASE: • Mycobacterium ... DISSEMINATED DISEASE ... #Mycobacteria #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary Disease ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #Infections #differential
Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
Differential diagnosis ... MD @drcyncity #Differential ... patterns #MRI #Neurology ... #pathology #diseases ... #radiology
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Differential Diagnosis ... : - Acute myocardial ... infarction - Pulmonary ... Thyroid storm - Acute ... - Sickle cell disease