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

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #infectiousdiseases
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
erythropoietin 1/ ... When present, symptoms ... complications can ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... with evidence of acquired
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Consider if: 1) ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Management: 1) ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Treating Condyloma Acuminatum (Genital Warts) - IDSA
Patients with HIV may have larger or more numerous warts,
Genital Warts) - IDSA ... option maybe required ... ; repeat every 1– ... laser surgery can ... Genital #Warts #idsa
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... Pulmonary #Community #Acquired
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... mg per day or 1 ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... 3 to 1/2 of patients ... than one after symptom ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... ventilation is required
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Vitamin C is required ... musculoskeletal symptoms ... Psychiatric symptoms ... vasculitis Treatment ... Supplementation with 1
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
and M. fortuitum can ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... patients such as: 1. ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases