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Sepsis Treatment Overview #Management #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis #Overview #BMJ
Sepsis Treatment ... Overview #Management ... #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis ... #Overview #BMJ
Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
Indications for ERCP 1. ... biliary strictures (PSC ... pancreatitis (treatment ... #Indications #management ... #gastroenterology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... • Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
• Severe: Only 1% ... PCR is gold standard ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for ... #Microbiology #
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #microbiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... : 1) Liposomal ... #microbiology
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Neurocysticercosis (NCC ... Orbital/Ocular Treatment ... : • 1-2 cysts ... Taenia #solium #management ... #microbiology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... developed countries Microbiology ... flagyl 500mg TID if PCN-allergy ... #Treatment #quadruple ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... specificity of PCR ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #IDSA #gastroenterology