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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
testing (TST) False-negative ... viral infections ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... infection (TB) ... A and B virus infection ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... infection (TB) ... A and B virus infection ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management ... #pharmacology
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... eliminated the infection ... memory, can have negative ... ‏ #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Tuberculosis #
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... intra-abdominal infections ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
Table of Antibiotics for Highly Resistant Gram Negative Infections 

Ceftazidime, Cefepime, Piperacillin/ Tazobactam, Carbapenems, Aztreonam, Aminoglycosides
Resistant Gram Negative ... Infections ... #GramNegative #Infections ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Coverage #Management
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis ... Infection - 3 ... BCM_InternalMed #Latent #Tuberculosis ... #treatment #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
C virus (HCV) infection ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management ... #Pharmacology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infections/year ... for 4.6% of new infections ... (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... HIV • Recent infection ... TB #Diagnosis #Management