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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Indolent symptoms ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
workup for specific symptoms ... for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... glucocorticoid treatment ... #Differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... inflammation Symptoms ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... bloodstream - seeding ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, infections, bone ... -> AML: Blast crises ... , infections, and ... , infection RARE ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: • ... #management #treatment