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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 ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... DISEASE: • Mycobacterium ... & SOFT TISSUE INFECTION ... #Mycobacteria #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
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 of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... - LFT - EtOH - Infectious ... workup: CXR, UA ... #EM #IM #Hypoglycemia ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... - 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 ... Diseases Fellows ... #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... suggests calculi/infection ... intrinsic renal disease ... #EM #IM #Urology ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
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 ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis