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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Treatment: ... : Chronic disease ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... microglobulin Treatment ... leukemia #CLL #Chronic
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Treatment: ... : Chronic disease ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #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
• Silicosis • Chronic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic ... staining, NAA (PCR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic ... staining, NAA (PCR
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases