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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
#Coronavirus #SARS-CoV ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare # ... #Pharmacology #Treatment ... Virus #Antiviral #Management
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... #CoronaVirus #Treatment ... #Management #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #management ... #microbiology # ... syndromes
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Pulmonary ( ... SPOROTRICHOSIS ... plant debris Sporotrichosis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases