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Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... smoking. structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Differential # ... Microbiology #Causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... weight loss or long ... include the list of causes ... caused by Streptcoccus ... AirBronchogram #RUL
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... ILD caused by inhalation ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... differences between COVID ... superimposed bacterial pneumonia ... #POCUS #Lung #Ultrasound ... #Comparison #Table
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
Point-of-care lung ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... from the field Table ... EBM #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Pneumocystis #jirovecii #Pneumonia
Lung ultrasound pathology in a COVID-19 positive patient
 - Few B-lines (vertical white lines)
 - Confluent
Lung ultrasound ... pathology in a COVID ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #Coronavirus #Table
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
The differential ... is very long. ... listed in the table ... is difficult to differentiate ... Management #Radiology #Lung
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS

Scanning COVID-19 everyday..but not all the B-lines confirm and not all the asymptomatic
COVID-19 on Lung ... POCUS Scanning ... positives have no pneumonia ... #clinical #lung ... pulmonary #BLines #POCUS