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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 ... if productive, Fever ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #diagnosis #signs
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 ... 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 ... - No fever ... Streptococcus Pneumoniae ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
• Cellulitis: Fever ... malaise • Septic shock ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment