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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... : Lung abscess, ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... : TB, NTB, Fungal
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Other: • Fungal ... Abscess: • Head ... #causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Osteomyelitis • Occult abscess ... : • Fungal • ... #causes
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... antibiotics as a cause
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... pulmonary embolus I = infection ... - pulmonary abscess ... (TB, fungal, staph ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... Abscess Differential
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Septic Bursitis • Abscess ... Onset • Fungal ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... most likely to cause ... with underlying lung ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
DiagnosisInfections ... : Cerebral abscess ... (bacterial, fungal ... Malignancy: Metastases (lung ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
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Lung Nodule - Differential ... Granuloma • Abscess ... Breast, Testicle) Infection ... : • Fungal • ... #Causes #Pulmonary