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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Cryptococcus - Coccidioides ... #causes #management
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... is biphasic • Clinical ... - And, in rare cases ... #Differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... : Halo sign Coccidioides ... • Polymorphic skin ... factor • May cause
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... osteomyelitis or skin ... fungal stain of clinical ... • Serology for Coccidioides ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... Fever, chills, lack ... #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... required due to skip ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
pneumoniae - Coccidioides ... ) Clinical Presentation ... • Tuberculin skin ... Histopathology: • Skin ... vasculitis Management
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
5–21 days • Clinical ... Fever (>90%), chills ... - Case-fatality ... material from skin ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management