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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... Severe Community Acquired ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... #infectiousdiseases
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 ... of metastatic infection ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... is generally required ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #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