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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial ... Primary skin and ... #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Pulmonary • Skin ... • M genavense Skin ... disease, adenitis, skin ... • M fortuitum Skin ... #differential #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... infection (NTM) ... • Tuberculin skin
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infections Mycobacteria ... Species: • Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... infection (NTM) ... • Tuberculin skin
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Inhalation • Skin ... papule on exposed skin ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
fevers • MAC/NTM ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... • Persistently active