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Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
nonmotile, non-spore-forming ... due to trauma Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Croup • Foreign ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Compression Syndrome • Foreign ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
tracheitis: - Inhaled foreign ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Foreign Body Aspiration 

#Button #Battery #Ingestion #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Pediatric Foreign ... Battery #Ingestion #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bacterial Tracheitis Foreign ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
- Differential Diagnosis ... or suspicion of foreign ... Normal CXR • Foreign ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular: Pulmonary ... Bronchiectasis, Malignancy, Foreign ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #pulmonary
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... • Focal: Mass, Foreign ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #pulmonary