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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
Penicillium marneffei Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Preventing ... Treating Acute Infection ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Opportunistic Infections ... Antimicrobial treatment ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... during transient CD4 ... antibody test) Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... #1 nosocomial infection ... Treatment Guideline ... #Clostridium #Infection
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... Triggering factor (infection ... →Activation of CD8 ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... six months of treatment ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology
Risk factors:
 - Low CD4 count
 - Disseminated OI
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(IRIS) - Pathophysiology ... factors: - Low CD4 ... duration or OI treatment ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #AIDS
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Preventing ... (CDI): • Vancomycin ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections