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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... affecting the lungs ... Response: • Most bacteria ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... of PCN allergy ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... affecting the lungs ... Response: • Most bacteria ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Pulmonary arterial ... diseases - HIV infection ... Interstitial lung ... #Differential #Causes
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Noninfectious Causes ... : • Pulmonary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... factor • May cause ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
Pulmonary sequestration ... is an uncommon cause ... nonfunctioning part of the lung ... with recurrent infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... effusions in both lungs ... Biopsy of the lung ... infection caused ... #NEJM #clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
, bacterial superinfection ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... leukoencephalopathy (PML