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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
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 ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... Lung #Disease #Diagnosis ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... #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
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
patient with HIV/AIDS ... • Choroidal infections ... vision #HIVAIDS #InfectiousDiseases ... Anterior #Posterior #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Schema
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List ... #Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Diagnosis of Miliary ... Opacities: • Infectious ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... and Workup Clinical ... on the cause Infections ... : Syphilis, Mycobacterium ... #Workup #Differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis Infectious ... pulmonary #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT