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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... abscess, Necrotizing ... cancer, Metastatic ... lung disease ... #Algorithm #lesion
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... abscess Primary ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... abscess Primary ... Treatment: Active
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... stable residual lesion ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal ... westermani • Other: TB
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Nodular or cavitary lesions ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... , cancer, and immunocompromised ... patients with typical tuberculosis
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
the Great Lakes region ... presentation of TB ... , lung cancer, and ... Itraconazole 6-12 ... management #summary #fungal
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
associated with cancers ... , including lung ... associated with tuberculosis ... classic targetoid lesions ... endemic mycoses, TB
Mycoses

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