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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... This was a PCP-infection ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... (PJP), MAI, Cryptococcal ... infiltrates PJP ... Pneumonia: • ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Community Acquired Pneumonia ... community-acquired pneumonia ... distress syndrome, PJP ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Newborn - Normal CXR ... Narcosis - Abnormal CXR ... (TTNB) • Pneumonia ... Amniotic Fluid - Infectious ... Sepsis* • Pneumonia
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
identified, Strep pneumoniae ... (Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Blood and sputum cx
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Prosthetic Joint Infection ... (PJI) Duration ... sx of relapsed infection ... Cortes_Penfield #PJI ... Prosthetic #Joint #Infection
Infections in Patients on TNF-alpha Inhibitors - Differential Diagnosis
 • Viral: VZV, Hep B, Hep C,
Infections in Patients ... • Bacterial: S.pneumonia ... Legionella • Fungal: PJP ... TNFalpha #Inhibitors #Infections
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... rarely typical pneumonia ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... Management Pneumonia ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... Yield of blood CX
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Pseudomembranous esophagitis, Infection ... HSV, Klebsiella, pneumoniae ... no NGT, mlVF, PPI