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Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... pericarditis (select cases ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... typhoid fever • Infectious ... #Indications #infections
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
demyelination), Infectious ... bacterial/viral meningitis ... Systemic: Systemic infection ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Degenerative, NPH, Infectious
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Organ Specific Infection ... Respiratory Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Pyelonephritis • Meningitis ... • Skin Infection
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... disease Viral Infection ... Enterovirus Other Infection
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm Acute ... Subacute: • Acute Infections ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... nystagmus - Infection ... • Meningitis ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... take 48 hrs for infections ... Predisposition to Infections ... rxn), Secondary infection
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
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Surgical Wound Infection ... management and treatment ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... Staphylococcus aureus infection
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... evaluation or workup ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... glucocorticoid treatment