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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Management ... Cryptococcus - Coccidioides
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
Antifungal agents ... use lead to skin ... Weaknesses: Limited clinical ... #pharmacology #management ... #treatment #coccidioides
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
of antifungal agents ... use lead to skin ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... Coccidioidomycosis #coccidioides ... #valleyfever #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Pulmonary exam - Skin ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
• Infectious Agents ... pneumoniae - Coccidioides ... ) Clinical Presentation ... • Tuberculin skin ... Histopathology: • Skin
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Who Gets It? ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Itraconazole is the agent ... has five major clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... • Serology for Coccidioides ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management