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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... An acute reticular ... pneumonia. ... Radiology #CXR #Acute ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis ... #Pneumonia #Testing
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
Point-of-care lung ultrasound ... for diagnosis of ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... findings #EBM #Diagnosis ... #PJP
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
common & convincing pneumonia ... vasculitis, Acute ... eosinophilic pneummia ... Pneumocystis jiroveci (PIP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... community-acquired pneumonia ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... distress syndrome, PJP ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... (PJP), MAI, Cryptococcal ... infiltrates PJP ... Pneumonia: • ... #differential #diagnosis
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia ... Pneumocystis #jirovecii #PJP ... #Pneumonia #Diagnosis
On the left an immunocompromised patient with PCP.
The CT findings are diffuse ground-glass opacification.
The findings are
not specific for PCP ... clinical setting PCP ... the most likely diagnosis ... Radiology #CTChest #PJP ... #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia
Infections in Patients on TNF-alpha Inhibitors - Differential Diagnosis
 • Viral: VZV, Hep B, Hep C,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Bacterial: S.pneumonia ... Legionella • Fungal: PJP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... - 11 million diagnoses ... haemolyticum, chlamydia pneumoniae ... , mycoplasrna pneumoniae ... #differential #diagnosis