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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
stable residual lesion ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Aspergillosis - Blastomyces ... westermani • Other: TB
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces ... - Sporadic cases ... presentation of TB ... , lung cancer, and ... management #summary #fungal
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... hematogenous spread - Fungal ... : Actinomyces, Blastomyces ... myelopathy - Vit B12
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... for Blastomyces ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs