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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... Tuberculosis Pneumonia ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS
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 ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... • Check CXR and ... #Management #Treatment
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 ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... • Check CXR and ... #Management #Treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... treat infectious diseases ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... westermani • Other: TB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... oxygenation in pneumonia
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... Clinical history ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... #diagnosis #management
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT