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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... , NTB, Fungal, Parasitic ... Disease #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #lesion #pulmonary
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... edema • Infectious ... Bronchiolitis, Parasite ... #pulmonary
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... cause primary pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Breast, Testicle) Infection ... Septic Embolism • Parasitic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
- Migration to Pulmonary ... shortness of breath, pulmonary ... several weeks after infection ... diagnosis #management #parasites ... #Threadworm #lifecycle