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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... Severe Community Acquired ... severe community-acquired ... #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... Diagnosis #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 ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
malaise • Septic shock ... Treatment: • 50% ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
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
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
• Humans acquire ... are not helpful Treatment ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
diarrhea, ARDS, shock ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... Diagnosis #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases