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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
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
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Cellulitis • Fungal: Cocci ... , DRESS, Sweet syndrome ... #Diagnosis #dermatology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... Source control (abscess ... • Secondary to Treatment
Differential Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis: 

Cellulitis, 
Superficial abscess, 
Deep vein thrombosis 
(see phlegmasia cerulea dolerans), 
Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Superficial abscess ... Compartment syndrome ... Necrotizing #Fasciitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Mimics
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
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Consider prior antibiotics ... #Differential #
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Scabies, Fungi (Cocci ... #Eosinophilia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Peripheral Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Central ... Meningitis, Cerebellar abscess ... Peripheral #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #algorithm