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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
showed antiviral activity ... here is a quick overview ... #CriticalCare # ... #Treatment #Virus ... #Antiviral #Management
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... #Management #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology ... #CriticalCare #
Tuberculosis Overview

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

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Antibiotics Class Overview ... other agents are: activity ... choice, both for treatment ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Tuberculosis Overview

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

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Antibiotics Class Overview ... Legionella), also some activity ... Strep throat in PCN ... Used for MAC treatment ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
its Chloride (Cl ... are balanced by Cl ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis ... #treatment #pharmacology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview ... six months of treatment ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... • Persistently active ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Antibiotics Class Overview ... Ertapenem has no activity ... so use only if PCN-allergic ... empiric Pseudomonas treatment ... Polymyxin B(IV) #Pharmacology