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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... all the other mycobacteria ... which can cause ... disease resembling TB
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... depending on the cause ... Infections: Syphilis, Mycobacterium ... Aortitis #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic ... Sporothrix Bacterial: Mycobacteria ... (TB), M.pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
involved in >50% of cases ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... S.A. can also be caused ... , viruses, and mycobacterium
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
management Causes ... from lymph node Mycobacteria ... #Differential #workup
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... Mycobacterial culture ... • AFB stain • Mycobacterial ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... Acute HIV, EBV, Mycobacterial ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Typically from TB ... patients with TB ... extrapulmonary cases ... active pulmonary TB ... Pathophysiology: - Mycobacterium
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology
Common Pathogens: E. Coli, K. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Rare pathogens that can cause
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology ... pathogens that can cause ... hepatic abscesses: Mycobacterium ... Hepatic #Abscess #Microbiology ... #differential #causes
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... should also include mycobacterial ... ascites #diagnosis #workup