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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... on ABx) → Acute ... #1 nosocomial infection ... IDSA 2021 CDI ... #Clostridium #Infection
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
Penicillium marneffei Infections ... Treating Acute Infection ... in Severely Ill ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Triggering factor (infection ... Purtilo (XLP) Acquired ... HLH: • Infections ... Still disease, Infection ... Etiological+++: Anti-infectious
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus infection ... • >50,000 HIV infections ... within 28 days of infection ... + T-cell count can ... /early infection
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... infection MUCORMYCOSIS ... River valleys • Infection ... fever • Septic shock
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
weeks without infection ... or basket cells can ... surface molecules: CD5 ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Treating Mild Infections ... Bone or Joint Infections ... Non-Meningeal Infection ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
IDSA Recommendations ... Gastrointestinal Infections ... available for this infection ... cell count, and ... opportunistic #infections
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... jejuni • Other infections ... and cauda equina TREATMENT
IDSA Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
IDSA Recommendations ... Prevention and Treatment ... cell count monitoring ... response to ART • Can ... opportunistic #infections