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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... : Latent TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #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
characteristic features Clinical ... : Latent TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... westermani • Other: TB
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
infiltrate in the left lung ... was diagnosed. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... #NEJM
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
borders in the left lung ... the result of disease ... , TB and lung cancer ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
Carcinoma of the Lung ... biopsy confirmed a diagnosis ... indicated stage IV disease ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #