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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Differential Diagnosis and ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... , NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most pathogenic and ... likely to cause pulmonary ... Primary skin and ... , and catheter-related ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Pulmonary TB ... <50 • Pulmonary ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Brain #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #Brain #Lung #Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Diagnosis for Concurrent ... Brain and Lung ... Infections • Bacteria ... tuberculosis, NTM • Parasite ... #Concurrent #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... CBC/diff, Blood and ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... tissue invasion and ... primary adrenal infection ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... cause primary pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite