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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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Directly Malignancy ... Lymphangitic spread to lung ... pericardial effusion - Lung ... metastases Treatment ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Solitary Nodule: • Malignant ... Rounded Atelectasis Malignancy ... • Fungal • Tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
• Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Pneumococcus ... Behcet Syndrome • Malignant ... - Metastatic: Lung ... , Melanoma • Malignant
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Bronchiectasis, Malignancy ... Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... abscess, Tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacterial: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis ... Aspergillosis Malignant ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
throughout the lungs ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... : Tuberculosis, ... Strongy, schisto • Malignancy ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... syndrome 2 • Tuberculosis ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... Infiltrative: • Malignancy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Pneumonia • Tuberculous ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Algorithm