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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... meropenem) #Lung ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... SLE, Rheumatic fever ... stenosis - Rheumatic fever ... • New murmur, fever
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
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... : • Rheumatologic ... Mediterranean Fever ... - Metastatic: Lung
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
: • Syndrome of ... Presentation: Fever ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight ... diagnosis • Microbiologic
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... #Diseases #pulmonary