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

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #Infections #Mycobacterium
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
patient with a mycobacterium ... 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
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... 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
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary disease treatment (pulmonary MAC)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... (NTM) pulmonary ... disease treatment ... (pulmonary MAC) ... nontuberculousmycobacteria #mycobacteria
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... Mycobacterial ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Nontuberculous #Mycobacteria ... #differential #
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
, of brain - Mycobacterium ... extrapulmonary - Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... extrapulmonary) - Mycobacterium ... Diagnosis #List #Differential