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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... : 1. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Food products Risk ... patients such as: 1. ... Disease: Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... lymph nodes Risk ... abscess Primary ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... lymph nodes Risk ... abscess Primary ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... > 1% risk of CV ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... equivocal • CT ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Antiribosomal P, APLA, PAC ... Thrombosis highest risk
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
populations) CLINICAL ... • Pulmonary Symptoms ... Birbeck granules (EM ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... : X-rays, CT, or
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Tenderness → Consider infectious ... Ab • Anti-Jo-1 ... enzymes • Anti-Jo-1 ... Other Diseases: • PBC