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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Subacute: • Acute ... Infections: TB, ... NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... kidney disease ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... malignancy, and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... kidney disease ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... malignancy, and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... Infectious (fungal, TB ... neurocognitive disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... : Chronic lung infections ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Pulmonary Disease ... #Infections #differential
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
pulmonary edema ... kidney disease, ... kidney disease, ... kidney disease ... kidney disease
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... injury #hepatitis #differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
presentation - Acute ... effusions) - Chronic ... presentation of TB ... patients with chronic ... - Pulmonary disease
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... , in advanced disease ... #differential #