12 results
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Pathophysiology ... Prevotella • Fungal ... #pulmonary #differential
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary ... 65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... amyloidosis, Bacterial, fungal ... #workup #hepatology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
and Management Summary ... extrapulmonary cases ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... #Management #Summary
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Chicago disease - Summary ... & Mississippi river ... - Sporadic cases ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management Summary ... lung disease Caused ... echocardiography - Assess ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management Summary ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... heart (2-5%), liver
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mississippi and Ohio River ... : • Direct fungal ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthroconidia; the fungus
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... • Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... cerebellum Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Hematologic malignancy ... (elevations of liver ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #differential #diagnosis
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Valley Fever - Summary ... , eyes, heart, liver ... prostate • Diagnosis ... #management #summary ... #fungal