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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... acquired pneumonia ... CRB65=0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... and CRB65=1 7-10
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Community water-borne ... HIV infection or ... Hospitalization required ... #Acute #Diarrhea
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #infectiousdiseases
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
of community-acquired ... compared to other antibiotic ... classes. 1 only ... of CNS infections ... Antimicrobials #InfectiousDiseases
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... choice, both for treatment ... prophylaxis), Community-acquired ... Traveler’s diarrhea, acute ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
usually appear in 1- ... days after an acute ... • Management: 1. ... progressive inflammatory infection ... - Antibiotic
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... clinical forms: 1) ... fever • Septic shock ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases