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Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
Reproductive Number ... (R0 "R Naught") ... nCoV2019 novel ... #RNaught #Contagious ... #nCoV2019 #coronavirus
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and R0 of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 compared to other famous contagious
Rate (CFR) and R0 ... Coronavirus #COVID19 #NCOV2019 ... #Wuhan #CFR #R0 ... #RNaught
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
suffusion, non-productive ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
photophobia, non-productive ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... hemoptysis, dyspnea, productive ... Lung Abscess Management ... differential #causes #management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
been classically taught ... stress; we are taught ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Night sweats • Productive ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Night sweats • Productive ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Non-productive cough ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... suggestive but not diagnostic ... Toxicity #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #Toxicology