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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
50% in nec fasc Diagnostic ... kidneys, liver, lung/ARDS ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... IVIG 1g/kg on day 1, ... #management #diagnosis
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... malaise • Septic shock ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... be considered adjuvant ... #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... : 1. ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... fever • Septic shock ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
and Management ... Vomiting, diarrhea, ARDS ... , shock, CHF, renal ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... #InfectiousDiseases
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections Acquired ... through: 1. ... disease: • Optimal treatment ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management