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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... regardless of CD4 ... Opportunistic #Infections #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Obtain cultures as much ... needed (and as much ... narrowest therapy as much ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... improvement with Tx Management ... Infection #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
Not much more information ... CoronaVirus #Treatment #Management ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite