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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... of PCN allergy ... • Anaerobic Bacteria ... #management #treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... , K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... , and fever BACTERIAL ... Pneumonia: • PVL ... #infectiousdiseases
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
outflow and reduces arterial ... • Diagnosis: ... including DM • Treatment ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... on radioactive lung ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... specificity of PCR ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... relevance of +PCR ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... Response: • Most bacteria ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Management #Treatment