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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... , NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... #Disease #Diagnosis
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and lung ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Toxoplasmosis (CD4 ... Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... lesions • 80% with lung ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Periodontal disease ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis ... Coccidioides • Parasite
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... : • CD4 < 200 ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... comorbidities: • CBC ... BNP/NT-proBNP, d-dimer ... ventilated • CXR, Lung
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
circulation in the lungs ... Intestinal #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
and migrate to lungs ... Ascariasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
blood and in the lungs ... Loaloa #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... e.g. fractured long