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IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
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Infection Algorithm ... treatment of surgical ... patients with type 1 ... susceptibility tests ... #Algorithm #IDSA
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
IDSA Recommendations ... screen within 1 ... • Pap test should ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Algorithm 1. ... Rule out infection ... only increase short-term ... Steroid response should ... #Algorithm #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Pathophysiology: Spore ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
of ~1/17,000. ... nephrotoxicity from a short ... course of treatment ... provide empiric treatment ... is proposed: #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
Pathophysiology: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB #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
Pathophysiology: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
IDSA Recommendations ... end-organ disease is best ... should include ... ) for 1–4 doses ... #management #opportunistic
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... AM stiffness, >1 ... Ultrasound Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... Inhalation of spores ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management