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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... dentition/gingival disease ... loss • Late disease ... Gingival crevice disease ... in early disease
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lymphoproliferative disease ... including: M, avium, TB ... • Metastatic disease ... demyelinating diseases ... #causes #radiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
kidney disease ... Primary Tuberculosis Disease ... disease, bacteremia ... from disseminated disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
kidney disease ... Primary Tuberculosis Disease ... disease, bacteremia ... from disseminated disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
lung disease ... Gastrointestinal inflammatory disease ... Granulomatous disease ... • Liver diseases ... disease (GLILD)
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Infection: TB ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... high-resolution chest CT
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
): Gilchrist’s disease ... , Chicago disease ... presentation of TB ... Extrapulmonary disease ... - Pulmonary disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... status NTM Cause ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT