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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... , NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... Disease #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #lesion #pulmonary
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Influenza Virus ... Parainfluenza Virus ... eg.malaria) • Other parasites ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... with underlying lung ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... TheIDtrivia #Infectious ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Breast, Testicle) Infection ... Septic Embolism • Parasitic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
, Epstein-Barr virus ... virus, Lassa virus ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and lung ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... herpes simplex virus ... #CT #Patterns #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Infections
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic Lung ... InfectionLung ... Immunodeficiency Virus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... failure, COPD, Lung ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary