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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
Diagnosis and Treatment ... hospital with pneumonia ... #Acquired #Community ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... acquired pneumonia ... acquired pneumonia ... and CRB65=1 7-10 ... #Antibiotics #management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
pneumonia Atypical ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... Antibiotics #Coverage #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... Streptococcus Pneumoniae ... #Management #Duration ... #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... malaise • Septic shock ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Affects 1:25,000 ... and 1:50,000 patients ... frequent and severe community-acquired ... infections: Pneumonia ... : • Nephrotic syndrome