WE CONSIDERED:
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Mycobacterial
infection including tuberculosis (TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterium
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Bacterial
pneumonia (S. pneumonia, H. influenzae, S. aureus)
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Fungal
infection (Blastomycosis, Coccidiomycosis)
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Malignancy,
most likely lymphoma
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HIV
with a secondary process such as bacterial infection, pneumocystic carinii
pneumonia (PCP), TB, mycobacterium avium complex (MAI), lymphoid interstitial
pneumonitis (LIP)
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Sarcoidosis
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