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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... Clinical Disease ... or nifurtimox can ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
IDSA Recommendations ... ART before the patient ... Anti-motility agents can ... Microsporidiosis #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... emphasis placed on prevention ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... then placed on prevention ... #differential #algorithm
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 •
IDSA Recommendations ... for Preventing ... Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections ... weeks or until clinically ... #Prevention #Treatment
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 ... ventilation is required
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... GCA can present ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
IDSA - Approach to Treating a Patient With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
When to consider a trial of
IDSA - Approach ... of nonsurgical treatment ... 48–72 h if on treatment ... ) • Patient can ... not otherwise required
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
This condition can ... Treatments are aimed ... salvaging the globe, preventing ... for this are: Infectious ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with pruritus. can ... Diagnosis is clinical ... No treatment is ... required unless ... #dermatology #clinical