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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... • Invasive pulmonary ... Diseases Fellows ... Aspergillosis #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... diseases - Severe ... syndrome, PJP Pneumocystis ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... , biopsy By Tess
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... Treatment Strategy ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... #STSS #treatment ... #management #diagnosis
Common Biliary Diseases seen in the Emergency Room - Comparison Table:

Clinical Features, Labs, Imaging and Treatment

#Diagnosis
Common Biliary Diseases ... Room - Comparison Table ... : Clinical Features ... Labs, Imaging and Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune disease ... disorders • Shear stress-induced ... #treatment #hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB