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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Structural lung ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
blastomycosis – resembles community-acquired ... presentation of TB, lung ... Amphotericin B for 1- ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... management #summary #fungal
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
an airway WHAT CAN ... involving both lungs ... Bacterial, TB, NTM, Fungal ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... similar to AEP or CEP ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... - Diagnosis and ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Affects 1:25,000 ... and 1:50,000 patients ... -> 40 years • Can ... • Chronic lung ... frequent and severe community-acquired
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis