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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Febrile illness + ARDS ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
of Pneumonia on Lung ... healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... disease (other than liver ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... Microsporidium #Lung ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... previously diagnosed opportunistic ... be present: • AIDS ... decrease in HIV-1 RNA level ... of preexisting opportunistic
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... or stay for a long ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
(2+): kidneys, liver ... , lung/ARDS, coagulopathy ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... Syndrome #STSS #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases