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Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
• Systemic (≥2 sites ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... - Primary site ... Nocardiosis #Nocardia #diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Extrapulmonary Sites ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Commonly Affected Sites ... dysfunction or pulmonary ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
- Differential Diagnosis ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... problem (loss of sites ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... Rarely, other site ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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- Differential Diagnosis ... into the aorta or pulmonary ... Noninfectious Causes: • Pulmonary ... material from distant sites ... #pulmonary
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
three different sites ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Chest POCUS Pulmonary ... you see at the site ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... #video #POCUS #pulmonary
Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis.
a. Endobronchial cobblestones (a nodular appearance of the tracheal wall mucosa). 
b. Diffuse
the skin at the site ... a patient with pulmonary ... clinical #photo #diagnosis
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
tuberculosis, any site ... (pulmonary or extrapulmonary ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis