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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... gram stain and culture ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #treatment #pulmonary
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... malaise • Septic shock ... microorganism (Culture ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #management #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... organism into the lungs ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Culture of ... change in the lungs ... fever • Septic shock ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections