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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... community-acquired pneumonia, MV ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Vibrio vulnificus Infection- At the time of presentation, hemorrhagic bullae measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm had
Vibrio vulnificus Infection ... measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm ... can cause skin infections ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #vibrio #
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
Cytomegalovirus Infections ... retinitis, is no longer ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... jejuni - HIV, CMV ... death Miller Fisher ... associated with Miller Fisher ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
eyes, and a 1-cm ... dacryocystitis — infection ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
antibiotic use, infections ... (Candida, CMV, ... following alcohol binge ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis vs infection ... in literature (NEJM ... (at least 1-2 cm ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Treatment Options for Helicobacter Pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease

Active Helicobacter pylori—associated ulcer
1. Treat with anti—H pylori
Triple Therapy (No longer ... is large (> I cm ... PUD #Treatment #Management ... #Pharmacology #
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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are contacts of infectious ... following drugs are no longer ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
Lichen Planus- ...On examination, numerous purple papules were noted on the anterior surface of the forearms
lesions showed a fine ... association with HCV infection ... association between HCV infection ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #lichen #