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Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
Pathogens in Pneumonia ... smoking. structural lung ... Burkholderia — structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Differential #Microbiology
Pulmonary symptoms in HIV-infected patient by CD4 count

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious
#Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Microbiology ... #HIV #AIDS #pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... peripheries and lower lung ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical lung ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP DDX
Common Infections in a Hospitalized Patient - GRUBS-C Mnemonic

G - GI (-itis): Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis, Peritonitis, Appendicitis,
- Respiratory: pneumonia ... , empyema, lung ... GRUBSC #Mnemonic #ddx
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... >14 days after dx
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Avg age of DX ... • Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... community-acquired infections: Pneumonia ... DDX - Other causes
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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United States • Pneumonic ... organism into the lungs ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... subdural hematoma, lung ... To Narrow Down Ddx
Pneumonia on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Haitian woman fever, cough & this clip => PNA &
Pneumonia on Point ... POCUS => instance dx ... @G2Disrupt #Pneumonia ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung