9 results
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... Typhoid fever - Bacterial ... Tuberculous meningitis ... Manuel Pereira #Corticosteroids ... #Management #Treatment
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Infections #OIs #HIVAIDS ... #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
disseminated microbial disease ... Etiology: • Bacterial ... Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... , Neisseria meningitidis ... Insufficiency #AI #differential
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... pneumonia (late) • Tuberculosis ... Disorders: • Bacterial ... meningitis • ... Dehydrogenase #Elevated #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL), Multicentric Castleman’s
IDSA Recommendations ... • Avoid use of corticosteroids ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Heart failure • Renal ... Infections ○ Tuberculosis ... ○ Fungal ○ Bacterial ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management