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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... #Abscess #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Abscess Diagnosis ... decubitus - air fluid level
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #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
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Source control (abscess ... ocular), Tissue activity ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... following: • Fever ... absent NK cell activity ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... rash) • Heart, lung ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
CBC, vitamin D level ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... if they have no clinical ... echo is positive, treatment ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds