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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
(COP) Cryptogenic ... Organizing Pneumonia ... life • History: cough ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
days • Acute cough ... Community acquired pneumonia ... Community acquired pneumonia ... exacerbation of COPD
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... • Symptoms: Cough ... w/ organizing pneumonia ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pleuritic CP • Cough ... • High fever, cough ... : • Cough and ... ), Chills, Dry cough ... Nonproductive cough
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
H. influenzae (COPD ... Moraxella catarrhalis (COPD ... Pseudomonas — COPD ... Legionella spp (COPD ... (COPD, smoking)
Chlamydia trachomatis - Infection of the Newborn
 • Newborns 3-16 weeks old 
 • Afebrile (appears
• Staccato cough ... topical) • Pneumonia ... cervicitis, newbom pneumonia ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... (mild pneumonia
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... nonproductive cough ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Gram-positive diplococci. 
Haemophilus influenzae. Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacilli. 
Staphylococcus aureus. Plump
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Klebsiella pneumoniae ... Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... #Pneumonia #Patterns
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Eosinophilic, Habit cough ... @Ndouthit #Cough
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Non-resolving pneumonia ... hx - Fever+, Cough ... Progressive SOB + Cough