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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
CAP, HCAP, HAP and ... and Treatment ... twitter.com/foamid #CAP ... Community #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Typhoid fever - Bacterial ... pericarditis SCAP ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
(COP) Cryptogenic ... , CPK, anti-scl70 ... DDX: • CAP, ... Treatment: • ... ILD #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
against Pneumocystis pneumonia ... difficile Infection (CDI ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
common cause of: CAP ... , Bacterial meningitis ... Urine antigen in CAP ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... microbiology #diagnosis #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
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
previously diagnosed opportunistic ... TB IRIS which can ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
Prevention and Treatment ... of Pneumocystis Pneumonia ... PJP #jiroveci #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS ... #management #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
(Such As Focal Pneumonia ... positive serology and CD4 ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
Anti-motility agents can ... : • The best treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS