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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Principles of HIV-Associated ... in HIV: • CNS ... • HIV encephalopathy ... #HIV #CNS #Infections
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • HIV ... disease • DM DDX ... are pulmonary • HIV ... TST or IGRA HIV ... : • HIV-infected
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • HIV ... disease • DM DDX ... are pulmonary • HIV ... TST or IGRA HIV ... : • HIV-infected
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... angle branching • Ddx ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
early stages of infection ... : The clinical ... Treatment: • HAART ... disorder #dementia #AIDS ... #Neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS ... with positive serology ... • Use until clinical ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... • Syphilis • Tuberculosis ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS ... Preventing Clinical ... and preventing clinical ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
in HIV-AIDS Treating ... be initiated in HIV-infected ... persons with clinical ... suggestive of HIV-related ... for HIV-related