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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... pain, hemoptysis ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... for concomitant pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... is PULSATING!” ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... Mycobacteria: TB ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... • Infection: TB ... high-resolution chest
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemoptysis (occasionally ... and occasional hemoptysis ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... symptoms are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... discomfort, • +/- Hemoptysis ... Diagnosis Of NTM
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... lung opacities, hemoptysis ... , anemia • Chest ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Causes