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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell ... of starting OI treatment ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... , Disseminated infection ... systemic vori Infectious ... #infectiousdiseases
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... Rebound effect from treatment ... TPO, TPO-RA • Infections ... : Chronic infections ... bacterial and viral infections
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Triggering factor (infection ... Acquired HLH: • Infections ... Still disease, Infection ... Etiological+++: Anti-infectious ... chemotherapy, anti-CD20 (PTLD
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... Check For: • Infections ... Polyclonal IgM post ... infectious setting
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
: • Most common ... weeks without infection ... • Peripheral smear ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection ... symptomatic genital infection ... : • Most patients ... Disseminated #Gonococcal #Infection ... #Microbiology #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 ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... macroglobulinemia (most ... transformation (CML ... #Management