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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
(CDI) - Diagnosis ... up to 10w post-ABx ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
philippinensis Life Cycle 1) ... in water. 3) Infective ... philippinensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
solium Life Cycle 1) ... intestinal tapeworm infection ... TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... (suppurative); Most ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Aerosol is the most ... common route of infection ... Incubation is 1 ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... antigen-specific CD4 ... Treatment: 1) ... mg/kg on days 1- ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Free-Living Cycle 1) ... L3) larvae. 6) Infective ... LifeCycle #Parasite #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong host? ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #progression ... #antibiotics #checklist ... #Management #Antibiotics
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... if symptoms of infection ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Monitoring - Most ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
if infection most ... least 30 ml.kg-1 ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management