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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: Pleuritic chest ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... CT Lung Abscess ... westermani • Other: TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... mycobacteria Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... • Check CXR and
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... her history of treatment ... PCC #Radiology #CXR ... #Oleothorax #NEJM
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections Lungs ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... tomography of the chest ... indicated stage IV disease ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #