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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
loss, lethargy, fever ... : • 3 syndromes ... • Fever, weight ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever ... necrophorum - Lemierre’s syndrome ... Pharyngoconjunctival fever ... - Bronchitis, pneumonia ... causes #bacteria #microbiology
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of organizing pneumonia ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Doxycycline - Coverage and Indications
 • Staphylococci (S aureus + CoNS)
 • The tick stuff: Borrelia
Atypical" causes of pneumonia ... Bartonella, Q fever ... #Indications #pharmacology ... #microbiology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... healthy pt with fever ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... BLines #Bilateral #Pneumonia
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Severe Pneumocystis pneumonia ... • COVID-19 pneumonia ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Indications #infections #management
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
bronchioles) Microbiology ... prodrome • Fever ... • Aspiration pneumonia ... Respiratory failure Management ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Management
Q Fever (Coxiella Burnetii) - Acute vs Chronic Diagnosis and Management

Acute:
 - Self-limited flu-like illness
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Q Fever (Coxiella ... Diagnosis and Management ... flu-like illness - Pneumonia ... #infection #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management