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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • CT: Halo sign ... : • Chest pain ... , pleural effusion ... #Infections #HIV
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Opacities: • Infectious ... rarely typical pneumonia ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... /diff, Blood and
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... CT Lung Abscess
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

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with fever, cough and ... This POCUS finding ... on CXR/CT imaging ... #clinical #photo ... #ultrasound #lung
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Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... the consolidated lung ... granulomatous infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Radiography of the chest ... infiltrate in the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... #NEJM
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
CT and ultrasonographic ... features of COVID-19 pneumonia ... Lung CT: - Thickened ... in mild infection ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS
Melioidosis - Skin Infection
63M h/o diabetes with c/o fever, chest pain, dyspnea x 3 days, CT
dyspnea x 3 days, CT ... lobe pneumonia ... with left pleural effusion ... alcoholism, liver/lung ... Cellulitis #Clinical #Photo
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... Infarction - peripheral ... nodular interstitial lung ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation