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Aquired Imminodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Defining Illnesses

#AIDS #Defining #Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Imminodeficiency Syndrome ... (AIDS) Defining ... Illnesses #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... • Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Treatment of Wilson's Disease
 • D-penicillamine - Chelator, induces cupruria
 • Trientine - Chelator, induces cupruria
Treatment of Wilson's ... Tetrathiomolybdate - Aims ... to reduce level ... Wilsons #Disease #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... mortality at a higher level ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... 50% in nec fasc Diagnostic ... (2+): kidneys, liver ... , lung/ARDS, coagulopathy ... #STSS #treatment
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
99: Serotonin Syndrome ... extremity) Diagnosis ... Cornerstone of treatment ... SerotoninSyndrome #management #toxicology ... #REBELEM #diagnosis