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Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
He received a diagnosis ... — infection of ... The patient received ... the first day of treatment ... #NEJM #clinical
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... (Such As Focal Pneumonia ... • Use until clinical ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae ... : Secondary to infections ... #differential #diagnosis ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... in literature (NEJM ... Treatment of GCA
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... whether to admit the patient ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of a previously diagnosed ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... , unless the patient
Tinea Capitis in a Newborn- A 3-week-old male newborn was brought to the pediatrician with three
capitis, a fungal infection ... ringworm, was diagnosed ... after 1 week of treatment ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #tinea #capitis
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 •
IDSA Recommendations ... Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections ... weeks or until clinically ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... and molecular diagnostic ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Tuberculosis #TB #IDSA ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
clinic with a 2 ... had completed treatment ... urinary tract infection ... grew Klebsiella pneumoniae ... confirmed the diagnosis