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Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup and Management ... Bacterial culture ... Breath test for bacterial ... Diarrhea #Workup #Management ... Algorithm #Transplant #diagnosis
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... and sputum cx (Bacterial ... sputum, PCP DFA ... Pulmonary #Infections #HIVAIDS ... #workup #diagnosis
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... - 11 million diagnoses ... EBV, CMV, HIV-1 Bacterial ... #differential #diagnosis ... #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Splashing infected material ... Culture & GS, PCR ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Preventing and Treating Bacterial ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Bacterial ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
pylori) Infection - Diagnosis ... and Management ... developed countries Microbiology ... gram negative bacterium ... flagyl 500mg TID if PCN-allergy
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... cause of: CAP, Bacterial ... Diagnosis: • Physical ... Pneumoniae #strep #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management