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

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Hemoptysis (occasionally ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... diarrhea, abdominal pain ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight ... NTM #Infections #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... dyspnea, possible fever ... , chest pain, hemoptysis ... Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley Fever ... Soil #Infections #differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... Source control (abscess ... (daptomycin in lungs ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infection (NTM) • Fungal ... abscess Primary ... Active TB: • Fever ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... 10 pounds • Hemoptysis ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia 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
infection (NTM) • Fungal ... abscess Primary ... Active TB: • Fever ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis