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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary Disease ... : Clinical Manifestations ... Lung Disease: ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... 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
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
bronchoscopic and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... are approved for clinical ... #Management #AdvancedCOPD
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Management ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... differential #causes #management
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
troponin, BNP/NT-proBNP ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... ) on room air Treatment ... #treatment #hepatology
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... Management options