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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR ... #ChestXRay
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... Overview Microbiology ... Transmission (Zoonotic disease ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... #diagnosis #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis → Invasive disease ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... culture (Invasive disease ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis → Invasive disease ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... culture (Invasive disease ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Drug Adherence • Disease ... diarrhea) • FCP, CRP ... Escalate Treatment ... Colitis Escalate Treatment ... #5ASA #Refractory #Treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... • Severe Disease ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Treatment: • ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... Severe pulmonary disease ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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antibody test • PCR ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
latent TB s/p treatment ... is his original CXR ... Labeled CXR: ... Cavity #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical