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Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... meningitis • Severe ... croup • Severe ... typhoid fever ... infections #management #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
infectious diseases - Severe ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... pericarditis SCAP severe ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
recently arrived w/severe ... confusion and fever ... This is relapsing fever ... Fever recurs over ... But why do fevers
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Inflammation: high fever ... • RBC lysis → severe ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... gabrieltalledop #Oroya #Fever
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... More common in severe ... Moderate > 2/3 and severe ... Renal Failure Treatment
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... - Severe: • Prednisone
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... : • Severe Disease ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
but rare triad: Fever ... progression: Focal severe ... imaging as needed Treatment
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Definition: • Severe ... Fever >38.5 2. ... disease: symptomatic treatment ... • Severe disease
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
hoarse voice +/- fever ... rhinorrhea, and fever ... • Severe croup ... Treatment: Single