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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Prevotella • Fungal
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... Naegleria fowleri • Chronic ... biphasic • Clinical symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... patients often have chronic ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... malignancy, and chronic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... • Microbiologic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... malignancy, and chronic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Night sweats are a nonspecific symptom that patients commonly experience and
- Differential Diagnosis ... a nonspecific symptom ... mononucleosis • Fungal ... coccidioidomycosis) • Lung abscess ... reflux disease • Chronic
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... encephalitis, abscess ... of sinus or ear infection ... , parasitic or fungal ... differential #emergency #diagnosis
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
PJI) Duration of symptoms ... DDIs/AEs) - Fungus ... DATIPO RTC) • Chronic ... patient q6-12mo to assess ... #treatment #Debridement
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Immunosuppressed host): • Chronic ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... ) • Chronic, subacute ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... : • Acute or chronic