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This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
This is an oversimplified ... and stages of disease ... COVID19 #COVID #infectiousdisease ... #clinical #management ... #treatment
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
This is a visualization ... patients with intra-abdominal ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
Volume expansion: 
 • Albumin (typical dose = 1g/kg on day 1 +/- day
Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment ... Somatostatin analogue (a subcutaneous ... ; terlipressin is ... #management #HRS ... #nephrology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... : • Severe Disease ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... and a palpable abdominal ... Imaging and Treatment ... initial test: abdominal ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... cruzi), which is ... symptoms, positive serology ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment: ... is confirmed by ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... pathergy test (this is ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Abdominal or flank ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial ... also important Management ... data • Early treatment