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C. Difficile Infection in IBD - IBD Algorithm

Background
Complications
CDI Testing Algorithm
CDI Recurrence

Dr. Wade Billings @wabillin

#Clostridioides #difficile #CDiff
Difficile Infection ... Complications CDI Testing ... Algorithm CDI ... Clostridioides #difficile #CDiff ... #Management #Treatment
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Algorithm Suppression ... #clostridium #cdiff ... #Infections #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases ... #algorithm
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... Diagnosis and Testing ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... photophobia, increased tearing ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... thrombosis Testing ... epilepticus Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS ... Infections (Such ... with positive serology ... Bone or Joint Infections ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
in Bloodstream Infections ... candidiasis, in HIV/AIDS ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... susceptibility testing ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
sexually transmitted infectious ... despite negative testing ... some experimental treatment ... Clinical #POCUS #Urology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Urinary antigen testing ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases