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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • DM risk ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Prevotella • Fungal
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Skin exam for infection ... > 1% risk of CV ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
IDSA Guidelines 1) ... Other hardware - Risk-Benefit ... involvement • Cardiac ... or TEE unless clinical ... candidiasis #treatment #fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... fever • Septic shock ... #Diagnosis #Management
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. ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable ... months before 1°
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Food products Risk ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... patients such as: 1. ... Lung Disease: • Clinical
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. ... (NTM) • Fungal ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Diagnosis and Management ... tricuspid in IVDU) Risk ... lines, prosthetic/cardiac ... septic/cardiogenic shock ... w/ vegetation/abscess