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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • Parenteral treatment: ceftriaxone 1 gm
Treatment Guidelines ... : ceftriaxone 1 ... #PID #CDC #CDC2021 ... #Treatment #Guidelines ... #Management #STI
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Management - GrepMed ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... Treatment Guideline ... #management #treatment
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... erythropoietin 1/ ... incidentally via CBC ... of symptoms and prevention ... von Willebrand disease
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Recommendations for Preventing ... Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum ... Severe Disseminated Disease ... for 3 days, then BID ... #Treatment #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... months before 1° ... prevention. ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... • Histoplasma capsulatum ... meningitis • Guidelines ... #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
CMV Disease: ... ART to maintain CD4 ... injection) for 1– ... Valganciclovir 900 mg PO BID ... #Treatment #management
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
extension: - Disease ... extension • Isolated disease ... rectal prolapse, CD ... , cancer Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
patients with CD4 ... health-care provider diagnosis ... confirmation of disease ... • Valacyclovir 1 ... #Treatment #management
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
- Histoplasma capsulatum ... range in size from 1 ... Diagnostic Approach ... Symptomatic Treatment ... #Management