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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Consider prior antibiotics ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... Laboratory testing of skin ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Penicillin Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Penicillin Allergy
Mild Reaction - Itching, Minor rash
Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic ... mucosal involvement, skin ... Aztreonam • If infectious ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... Prescription #algorithm #management
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Headaches • Pale skin ... Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... - β-lactam antibiotics ... Idiopathic • Infections ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... progressive inflammatory infection ... over the involved skin ... area of erythema, skin ... - Antibiotic
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
bone, joint, and skin ... • Pustular skin ... causes such as infectious ... with acne: antibiotics ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... be considered adjuvant ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Terry's Nails

Patient of about 70 years, HIV positive, transplanted kidney donor cadaver in the previous 6
complicated with urinary infections ... received multiple antibiotic ... spider angiomas and skin ... such as nephrotic syndrome ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Photo