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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Severe Community Acquired ... severe community-acquired ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection ... Tuberculosis #treatment #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #regimens #comparison
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
removed in septic shock ... follow up cultures required ... of metastatic infection ... Bacteremia #Treatment #Management ... #Duration #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... malaise • Septic shock ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections ... Acquired through ... require enucleation Infectious ... #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
beneficial when required ... via cold saline injection ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
• Humans acquire ... the infection as ... Toxocara #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Cold Snare Polypectomy
When Should I Use Cold Snare Polypectomy?
 - Cold snare polypectomy should be used
EMR - In comparison ... non-dysplastic SSLs - SM injection ... demarcation - More data required ... gastroenterology #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... fever • Septic shock ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management ... #Infections