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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... negative culture Brain ... : Aspergillus, Cryptococcus ... nocardia - Fungal: Cryptococcus ... Coccidiomycosis, Cryptococcus
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
histoplasmosis, cryptococcus ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on ... POCUS 24yo healthy ... was too small to drain ... #Hepatic #POCUS ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Summary Lung Abscess ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Dermatitidis - Cryptococcus
Hemiballismus on Physical Exam secondary to Cryptococcal fungal infection
MRI showed 2 pockets of infection on both
Exam secondary to Cryptococcal ... both sides of his brain ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fluconazole CRYPTOCOCCUS ... level, presence of cryptococcal ... CSF and serum Cryptococcal ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... abscess • Disseminated
Abscess Pus Flow on POCUS

Equivocal exam for abscess, then this. Kind of mesmerizing, in the way
Abscess Pus Flow ... on POCUS Equivocal ... #drain #flow #pus ... #purulent #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
should be based on clinical ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... culture positive Cryptococcal ... lesions • CSF cryptococcal
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... cavitation • Cryptococcus ... patient has known cryptococcal ... for most OI • Cryptococcal
Intramuscular Biceps Abscess on POCUS with color doppler

Male with proximal LUE swelling/redness after missed IVDU injection.
Intramuscular Biceps Abscess ... on POCUS with color ... Abscess present? ... Drain in ED at bedside ... #POCUS #MSK #clinical