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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Infections: TB, NTB ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... #Infections #differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Bronchiectasis - ... involving both lungs ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... • Asthma • Bronchiectasis ... • Interstitial lung ... • Anxiety • Anemia ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Infection: TB, NTM ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... #pulmonary #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential