Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain Infections When we hear a patient w/ co-occurrence of lung-brain infection, Nocardia seems to be the #1 thought, but the Ddx is actually very broad: • Nocardia • Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Cryptococcosis, Zygomyces, Aspergillus • Tuberculosis • Endocarditis: Staph, Strep • Lemierre syndrome: Fusobacterium • Toxoplasma (esp. among transplant recipients) • Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella WuidQ: Washington University ID Questions @WuidQ #LungBrain #CoInfections #Infections #Lung #Brain #Differential #Diagnosis
