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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 ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 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 ... is biphasic • Clinical ... symptoms: headaches
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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic
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 ... (Symptoms, Imaging ... • 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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... has five major clinical ... ) • Chronic, subacute ... stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Morel-Lavallée Lesion - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Large, smoothly marginated, well-circumscribed mass along the medial myofascial
- Chronic: ... with conservative treatment ... : • Abscess: Absence ... of symptoms of ... concern for infection