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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... , Nocardia Chronic ... 12 weeks): • Chronic ... Disease #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... Infectious Diseases ... pulmonary #diseases #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium africanum ... • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... with underlying lung ... • Mycobacterium ... #Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... - disseminated tuberculosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... sweats, chills (infection ... disease #Chronic
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pseudotumor - Infectious ... • HIV • Tuberculosis ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis
 • Malignancy: Lymphoma, Leukemia, Other neoplasm
 • Infections: Human
Night Sweats - Differential ... immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis ... , Mycobacterium ... coccidioidomycosis), Lung ... reflux disease, Chronic
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Pericardial Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Pneumococcus ... - Metastatic: Lung