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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... association • How long ... → Leptospirosis ... #differential #Diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... Differential Infection ... #Lesions #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... Others: - Pulmonary ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: Mucormycosis ... Causes: Granulomatosis ... Dermatomyositis, Lung ... #pulmonary
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... diseases - HIV infection ... Interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... embolus I = infection ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Lung
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... non-productive cough, nausea ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... immunosuppression, travel ... sliding: Pulmonary ... interstitial diffuse infections ... NOT definitively diagnose