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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #HeartFailure #Management ... #treatment #algorithm
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Diagnosis and Management ... PCR is gold standard ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... American patients ... recommended by the ACC ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Cardiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Diagnosis and Management ... PCR is gold standard ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... reported in Latin America ... routine O&P • Clinical ... relevance of +PCR ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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reported (eg AIH-PBC ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... regarding need for treatment ... azathioprine (check TPMT activity ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Diagnosis and Management ... regions of North America ... Lyme Disease Clinical ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
• Sexual activity ... three weeks Clinical ... chain reaction (PCR ... Respiratory distress Treatment ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management