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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... Community Acquired Pneumonia ... distress syndrome, PJP ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
Point-of-care lung ultrasound ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... Description of lung ultrasound ... Pneumocystis #jirovecii #Pneumonia ... #PJP
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia ... often elevated Treatment ... Pneumocystis #jirovecii #PJP ... #Pneumonia #Diagnosis
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Joint Infection (PJI ... Cortes_Penfield #PJI ... Joint #Infection #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... lesions, ocular • PJP ... be considered adjuvant ... treatment #IRIS
IDSA Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
Prevention and Treatment ... of Pneumocystis Pneumonia ... #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #PCP #PJP #jiroveci