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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
CAP, HCAP, HAP and ... VAP - Diagnosis ... #HCAP #HAP #VAP ... #Management #Treatment ... #InfectiousDisease
IDSA Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens 

#Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases #MDRO #RiskFactors #HAP #VAP #HCAP #IDSA2016 #Guidelines
Pathogens #Diagnosis ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #RiskFactors #HAP ... #VAP #HCAP #IDSA2016 ... #Guidelines #Pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Diagnosis: ... , CPK, anti-scl70 ... DDX: • CAP, ... Treatment: • ... #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... Obtain in severe CAP ... Pseudomonas) • Severe CAP ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae ... common cause of: CAP ... Urine antigen in CAP ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Management - GrepMed ... post-ABx, but can ... Treatment Guideline ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... antigen-specific CD4 ... Weight Loss • Can ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
opportunistic infection ... TB IRIS which can ... of preexisting opportunistic ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
fluoroquinolones or rifaximin can ... against Pneumocystis pneumonia ... difficile Infection (CDI ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... : Clinical diagnosis ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... #diagnosis #management