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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... : • Upper lung ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical lung ... Treatment: •
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... - Typhoid fever ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue Fever ... Tourniquet test, Abdominal ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
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 ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... BLines #Bilateral #Pneumonia ... #ultrasound
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
cause: Aspiration pneumonia ... for Klebsiella pneumonia ... : • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Pneumonia • Anaerobic
Air Bronchograms in Pneumonia on Lung Ultrasound

Pearl: When lung looks like liver, it's never a good
Bronchograms in Pneumonia ... on Lung Ultrasound ... looks like liver ... #Bronchograms #Pneumonia ... #Lung #Ultrasound
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
an occult intra‐abdominal ... • K pneumoniae ... & abdominal pain ... abscess & antibiotic treatment ... cornerstones of treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... United States • Pneumonic ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Abdominal or flank ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial ... data • Early treatment