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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... • Pleuritic CP ... • Pleuritic chest ... Cytopenias VIRAL ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
evaluation - Chest ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... RSV, and other viral ... - CBC with differential ... schema #Diagnosis #SARSCoV2
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
immunofluorescence, PCR ... - Viral pneumonia ... Patterns #Pulmonary #Lung ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... rarely typical pneumonia ... pathogens - Viral ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Nocardia asteroides Viral ... failure, COPD, Lung ... /- High res CT chest ... Ag, Respiratory viral ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Typical COVID19 chest x-ray versus normal. The image on the right shows multi-focal patchy airspace opacities.
image are the lungs ... The "stuff" is pneumonia ... KurteL10 #COVID19 #ChestXRay ... #CXR #Clinical ... #SARSCoV2