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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #NTM #Cavity #AirFluidLevel
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... marinum, kansasii PULMONARY ... #differential # ... diagnosis #microbiology ... #mycobacterium
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #Infections #Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
patient with a mycobacterium ... with cavitation #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria ... #NTM #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... infection (NTM)
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Diagnosis of Miliary ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... infection (NTM)
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... : Clinical Manifestations ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... #differential #
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
dissemination of Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis Clinical ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT