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Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
an occult intra‐abdominal ... Fever in 90% & abdominal ... & antibiotic treatment ... cornerstones of treatment ... drainage- first-line treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Management: • Antibiotics ... Switch to oral antibiotics ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... endocarditis, epidural abscess ... limited vascular access ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... meropenem) #Lung #Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Peripheral smear - Cocci ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Spinal Epidural Abscess ... dysfunction paralysis Diagnosis ... imaging as needed Treatment ... Surgical drainage - Antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
on POCUS RUSH ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... abscess. ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Framework Diagnosis ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... Source control (abscess ... • Secondary to Treatment
Perforated Appendicitis and Abscess on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient presents with RLQ abdominal pain and fever. What
Appendicitis and Abscess ... on Abdominal POCUS ... presents with RLQ abdominal ... was admitted on antibiotics ... #Abdominal #POCUS
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... lung sliding) Diagnostics ... Aspiration/PNA: antibiotics ... #Management #treatment