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Community Acquired Pneumonia Mimics

- Dr. Emma Levine @EmmaHLevine

#CAP #Mimics #differential #diagnosis #pneumonia
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia Mimics ... EmmaHLevine #CAP ... #Mimics #differential ... #diagnosis #pneumonia
Severe community onset pneumonia checklist 

#CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Checklist #Management #Pulmonary
Severe community ... onset pneumonia ... checklist #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Management #Pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment Regimens
 • Outpatient, no significant comorbidities
 • Outpatient,
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Inpatient ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... Treatment #management #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... CAP - Severe CAP ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... CAP - Severe CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Antibiotics for severe ... community-onset ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
blastomycosis – resembles community-acquired ... pneumonia with ... mimic presentation ... - Moderate to severe ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... healthy 12mo-old w/ fever ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... of community-acquired ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Pneumonia
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... h/o recurrent/severe