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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... Criteria for Severe CAP ... - Severe CAP present ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP ... #Community #Acquired
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
always - Usually azithromycin ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... History in favor of CAP ... Criteria for Severe CAP ... - Severe CAP present ... #Community #Acquired
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Clarithromycin, Azithromycin ... exacerbations, community-acquired ... Ceftriaxone for CAP ... Used for MAC treatment ... #Antibiotics #Review
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... Obtain in severe CAP ... #Pneumonia #CAP ... #Community #Acquired
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
CMP. ... HAV immunity; Liver ... Seroconversion is very difficult ... B Infection: A Review ... #Management #Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has ... Mucormycosis has ... clinical forms: 1) ... nonspecific • DX relies ... fever • Septic shock