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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... status NTM Cause ... Advanced HIV (CD4 cell ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #differential #
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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the surrounding lung ... or Langerhans cell ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Constitutional symptoms ... fever, cough and cavitary ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... increase in CD4+ cells ... initiation Clinical ... cavitating pneumonia, skin
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... becomes a yeast cell ... nails, bronchi, lungs