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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Manuel Pereira #Corticosteroids ... #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Malignancy, SLE, Corticosteroids ... malaise • Septic shock ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... follow up cultures required ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
prolonged neutropenia, Corticosteroid ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... Use NSAIDs or corticosteroids ... Corticosteroids ... be considered adjuvant
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... is generally required ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Vomiting, diarrhea, ARDS ... , shock, CHF, renal ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... fever • Septic shock ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases