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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... culture (Invasive disease ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... culture (Invasive disease ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS ... and tested positive ... duration same as for treatment ... Note: Treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
patient has a positive ... intermediate risk of disease ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... • The positive ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... AspGM can be also positive ... this morphology Treatment ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Acute Chagas Disease ... meningoencephalitis (Elderly and pregnant ... • Treatment: ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... and <25% culture positive ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Rickettsiae: Spotted Fever group

R. rickettsii 
R. parkeri 
R. philipii / Rickettsia 364D
R. africae 
R. australis 
R.
R. felis Treatment ... preferred for both pregnant ... and non-pregnant ... alternative for mild disease ... SFG #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Isotretinoin is a very effective drug for the treatment of severe acne, but has a severe
effective drug for the treatment ... severe risk of fetal ... confirming a negative pregnancy ... pharmacy must dispense ... cannot become pregnant