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

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
Diagnosis and Treatment ... VAP #Pneumonia #Acquired ... Community #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Diagnosis and Management ... Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... : Supportive Management ... #microbiology #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 ... #Management #Duration ... #infectiousdiseases
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Diagnosis, and Treatment ... Diagnosis Prevention Treatment ... #clostridium #cdiff ... Infections #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
malaise • Septic shock ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
• Humans acquire ... are not helpful Treatment ... Toxocara #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections Acquired ... disease: • Optimal treatment ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Diagnosis and Management ... diarrhea, ARDS, shock ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... Babesia #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases