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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... sweats, chills (infection ... bronchoscopy to complete ... #Cough #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
, SOB • Chronic ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... inflammation causes ... cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... #differential #
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... intersitial space Infection ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ... status NTM Cause ... Avium Complex (MAC ... percent), • Cough ... #differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... • Nonspecific chronic ... cough, • Hemoptysis ... Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Noninfectious Causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
bloodstream to the pulmonary ... back to lung to complete ... Pts w/ chronic strongy ... - Resp: dry cough ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused