21 results
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... treat infectious diseases ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... Cytomegalovirus disease ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... diagnosis #treatment #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Prosthetic valve ... Influenza Prosthetic ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections, and prosthetic ... Disease: Clinical ... : • Clinical ( ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... vori Infectious Diseases ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... lung disease, interstitial ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... • Prosthetic valve ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... #Endocarditis #Differential ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... intermediate risk of disease ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases