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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... (≥ 12 weeks): ... • Chronic Infections ... : TB, NTB, Fungal
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
organ/systemic disease ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Atypical Infxn (fungal ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... Pneumonitis - 4-12 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Fever, cough ... duration is 6 to 12 ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs