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IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
IDSA - Doses of ... Drugs for Treatment ... Tuberculosis Step 1 ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... #Treatment #antimicrobials
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
IDSA Recommendations ... 4–6 mL QID or 1– ... antifungals are required ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... are contacts of infectious ... Step 1: Choose one ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... #Treatment #antimicrobials
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Purtilo (XLP) Acquired ... Histoplasmosis, candidiasis ... immune deficiency, Drugs ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... carbapenems the drug ... follow up cultures required ... #Management #Duration
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
IDSA Recommendations ... ) for 1–4 doses ... intraocular levels of drug ... Cytomegalovirus #CMV #IDSA ... #management #opportunistic
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
the secondary or acquired ... cytokines, such as IL-1 ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... ) • Sepsis • Drug-induced ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... fever • Septic shock ... blood cultures Candidiasis ... colonization Candidiasis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management