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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe Community ... Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
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
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
9 species, C. canimorsus ... malaise • Septic shock ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... #infectiousdiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... follow up cultures required ... Streptococcus Pneumoniae ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases