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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Management Algorithm ... Assess for Active ... #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment #IBD
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Ulcerative Colitis - Management ... Adherence • Assess Disease ... Activity: Flex ... #Algorithm #IBD ... #Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... immunocompromised, IBD ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Excessive glutamate activity ... Presentation: - Disease ... diagnosis column Treatment ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management