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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
adenopathy: M. tuberculosis ... Hodgkin's lymphoma, Mycobacterium ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... #differential #diagnosis
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 ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis
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 ... Diagnosis: Latent ... #TB #Diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... dissemination of Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Pneumococcus ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis ... Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... abscess, Tuberculosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Causes of Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP Mnemonic:

Bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis 
Aspergilloma 
Tumor 
Tuberculosis 
Lung abscess 
Emboli (pulmonary) 
Coagulopathy
Aspergilloma Tumor Tuberculosis ... Lung abscess ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... avium, Mycobacterium ... #differential #diagnosis
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... exposure to M. tuberculosis ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Tuberculosis ... Subclinical #Active #MycobacteriumTB
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... with underlying lung ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential