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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... of mode of HIV infection ... HIV aged 21–29 should ... • Pap test should ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... selecting the best ... empiric treatment ... intra-abdominal infections ... #pharmacology #treatment
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Rebound effect from treatment ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... TPO, TPO-RA • Infections ... : Chronic infections ... bacterial and viral infections
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... neuropathy Treatment ... Specific anti-infectious ... related to HBV infection ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
Surgical Wound Infection ... management and treatment ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... susceptibility tests
Antibiotic Susceptibility Table for Routine Gram Positive Infections

*** AUTHOR UPDATE NOTE 3/2019: TMP/SMX should, at best,
Gram Positive Infections ... /2019: TMP/SMX should ... , at best, get a ... #GramPositive #Infections
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... HIV-infected patients should ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Confirmatory Tests ... HIV Nucleic Acid test ... no diagnostic test ... HIV-1 antibody test ... ) Treatment:
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Triggering factor (infection ... Still disease, Infection ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology