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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... • Mycobacterium ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(NTM) • Fungal ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(NTM) • Fungal ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... upper lobes due to infection ... with atypical mycobacterium ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... : Chronic lung infections ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... Pulmonary Disease
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... M.tuberculosis, NTM ... failure, COPD, Lung ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
involving both lungs ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... Obstruction 6) Rheumatologic ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: TB, NTM, PNA ... Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment