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

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
HAP and VAP - Diagnosis ... and Treatment ... #Acquired #Community ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... CAP present in 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #diagnosis #signs
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
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 ... days • Scarlet fever
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

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

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

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... - No fever ... 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- ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... malaise • Septic shock ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... United States • Pneumonic ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases