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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... • Mycobacterium ... #Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pleuritic Chest ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... ChestPain #Causes #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Opacities: • Infectious ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... - Pain (back, chest ... on the cause Infections ... : Syphilis, Mycobacterium ... #Differential #
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... /- High res CT chest ... #HIVAIDS #workup ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... , no extensive workup ... - LFT - EtOH - Infectious ... workup: CXR, UA ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM ... ) Infections ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... #Infections #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... possible fever, chest ... #differential #
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... - DDX: - Infection ... bacilli (19%) - Mycobacterium ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk