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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
and Workup Algorithm ... Subacute: • Acute Infections ... Infection, Nocardia ... ): • Chronic Infections ... #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... , Atypical infection ... Microsporidum Non-infectious ... bronchoscopy Infectious ... #Infections #HIVAIDS
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
demyelination), Infectious ... Systemic: Systemic infection ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Degenerative, NPH, Infectious ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
and Lung Infections ... Toxoplasmosis • Fungi ... Coccidioides Infectious ... #Lung #Infections ... #causes
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain Infections
When we hear a patient w/ co-occurrence of lung-brain infection, Nocardia seems to
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain ... Infections When ... co-occurrence of lung-brain ... infection, Nocardia ... #Infections #Lung
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Infection: • ... Paragonimiasis • Fungal ... : Invasive (esp. ... Washington University ID ... #causes
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... - Differential Diagnosis ... negative culture Brain ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... : • Non-Infectious ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... take 48 hrs for infections ... (daptomycin in lungs
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Infectious: ... Coxiella burnetii • Fungal ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... - Metastatic: Lung
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis ... Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... Tuberculosis, Fungal ... infection, Paragonimiasis ... #algorithm #pulmonary