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Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Occupational exposure - Farmers ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... Transmission (Zoonotic disease ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
Interventional bronchoscopic ... and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... the effects of bronchoscopic
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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common in adults - farmers ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... : • Severe Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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into the aorta or pulmonary ... • Chest CT • Bronchoscopy ... bronchoscopy ... Endobronchial Tumor ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
The treatment of ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... nonsurgical biopsy with bronchoscopy ... Current bronchoscopy
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Urine protein to ... involvement • Bronchoscopy ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... for thymoma, a tumor ... treatment Of ocular ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
the most common diseases ... Chronic diseases ... - Cells - tumor ... the treatment. ... Diagnosis #Radiology #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
Immunosuppression • Tumor ... Chronic kidney disease ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment