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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Old anti-parasitic ... #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine ... #Pharmacology # ... Treatment #Virus ... #Antiviral #Management
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... #Management #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology ... #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
Antivirals #table #treatment ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management ... #Pharmacology
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
the best empiric treatment ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
investigational treatments ... Zithromax #Macrolides #InfectiousDiseases ... #Coronavirus #Treatment ... #Management #Pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... intracellular parasite ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Degenerative: Parasite ... Orbital/Ocular Treatment ... Neurocysticercosis #NCC #parasites ... #infectiousdiseases ... Taenia #solium #management
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
whose positive charges ... whose positive charges ... #criticalcare #management ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pharmacology #
Strongyloidiasis Treatment
Asymptomatic ± eosinophilia (Very low risk):
 • Diagnostic: Serology, Stool Ova and parasites (O&P) examination
Strongyloidiasis Treatment ... Stool Ova and parasites ... • Management: ... Strongyloidiasis #Treatment ... #parastie #infectiousdiseases