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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment ... westermani • Other: TB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... dissemination Diagnosis ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... PFTs • COPD Classification ... (ABCD) - Assess ... #COPD #diagnosis ... management #GOLD2022 #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... (<100), except TB ... TB - Lymphadenitis ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... adjacent to the focus ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases