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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Opportunistic Infections ... GI Bleeding - Diarrhea ... serotavirus #Opportunistic ... #Infections #Diagnosis ... Manifestations #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Febrile illness + ARDS ... , weakness +/- diarrhea ... Diagnosis: ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute diarrhea ... Medications 7. ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis ... #differential
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... Adjust IS medications ... #Workup #Management ... Algorithm #Transplant #diagnosis ... #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... CNS #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... against travelers’ diarrhea ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Women with in HIV-AIDS ... or been newly diagnosed ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology