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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 ... TB. ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Mycobacteria #NTM ... #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
mycobacterial infection (NTM ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
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 ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically active disease ... progressive primary disease ... On the CXR it is ... seen as consolidation ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Chronic diseases ... respond to the treatment ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... • Nodular or cavitary ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... with: Cavitary ... Pulmonary Disease
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Infection: TB ... , NTM, PNA • Primary ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
infection like TB ... one month after treatment ... resolution of the consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... dyspnea • Lobar consolidation ... fever, cough and cavitary ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary