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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... in adults with clinically
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... Treatment of GCA
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... is generally required ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
of community-acquired ... compared to other antibiotic ... successfully in clinical ... infections 5 however clinical ... Antimicrobials #InfectiousDiseases
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... her history of treatment ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM