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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... Clinical Disease ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... blood cell count (<12 ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... arthritis, Skin rash ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
with or without treatment ... , but without treatment ... , the infection ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
Figure 4, page 12 ... in vasculitic diseases ... inflammation or infection ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... Purpural #Purpuric #Rash
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... Extrathoracic Disseminated Disease ... • Use until clinical ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
Diagnosis is clinical ... No treatment is ... one-time dose of 12 ... Diseases Fellowship ... #clinical #photo
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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IDSA Recommendations ... for Preventing ... Severe Disseminated Disease ... weeks or until clinically ... #Prevention #Treatment
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Clarkson’s Disease ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... flares: • Prevention ... of infections) ... #rheumatology