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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Diagnosis and Management ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia ... Usual therapeutic management ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... AAST 2021 global clinical ... intra-abdominal infections ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #pharmacology #
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia ... Usual therapeutic management ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Triggering factor (infection ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... Autoimmune diseases: SLE ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... and permanent alopecia ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... • Nonscarring alopecia
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... after initial infection ... macular or papular; Alopecia ... with untreated infection ... stages #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
develops on the background ... Fever is the main clinical ... erythematosus [SLE ... ], AOSD) • Infection ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Treatment of COVID-19 Infection ... highlighted circle= clinical ... Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Direct microbial infection ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Evaluate for NMO, SLE ... Disorders: - SLE ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management