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COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... about the study design ... #Management #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... and Management ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... • Treatment: ... #InfectiousDiseases
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
infections • Gram-negative ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #candidiasis #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... spread of the Gram-negative ... typically part of the workup ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... • Immunologic Workup ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... reported in Latin America ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases