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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... : • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... loss, lethargy, fever ... • Fever, weight ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... , ARDS, interstitial ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Presentation: Fever ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight ... NTM #Infections #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
(IRIS): • In HIV ... neurologic symptoms, fever ... stroke Tuberculous Abscess ... ) • Headache, fever ... Meningitis: • Fever
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... other processes Workup ... legionella/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
abscess Primary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Active TB: • Fever ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... tuberculomas, or abscesses
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... -1 RNA level from ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Source control (abscess ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever