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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Erythropoiesis (B12 injections ... • G-CSF • Hypokalemic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
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Causes of HyperKalemia ... - Differential ... transfusion • Error of injection ... blockers - MCW Nephrology ... #Differential #
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
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Rodent-associated Bacterial infections ... #rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM ... ) Infections ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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inhalational injury Differential ... Opacities: • Infectious ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... #differential # ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential ... hydrophila • Mycobacterium ... rhusiopathiae • Mycobacterium ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... brain injury • Infectious ... Hypomagnesemia, Hypocalcemia ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology