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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... #Invasive #Fungal ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... ) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Lesions ... ) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Mannan and glucan components ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers ... Polysaccharide cell wall component ... decreased with: concurrent ... Clav (may be + as long ... Galactomannan #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... Abscess Management ... Prevotella • Fungal
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... diameter are called lung ... Management options ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis ... of lung cancer.
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
9%, up to 20% lung ... Nocardiosis #Nocardia #diagnosis ... #management #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
aka AV canal defect aka endocardial cushion defect
 • Epidemiology and Associations
 • Embryology
Physical Exam • Pathophysiology ... Post-Operative ICU Management ... • Long Term Follow ... endocardial #cushion #diagnosis ... #management #peds
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
know that the lungs ... relatively spared lung ... hence the “Baby Lung ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management