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Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
- Beta lactam hypersensitivity ... renal failure #Management
Syncope - Cerebral hypoperfusion leading to transient lsos of consciousness causing alck of postural tone with
situational, carotid hypersensitivity ... differential #diagnosis #management
IDSA - Antimicrobial Regimens for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Children
Initial empirical therapy
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate (45 mg/kg/day
allergy Type I hypersensitivity ... allergy Non–type I hypersensitivity ... peds #pediatrics #management
Hypereosinophilia Syndrome (HES) - Diagnosis and Management
Definition: An absolute eosinophil count (AEC) greater than 1500 and
Diagnosis and Management ... disorders - Drug hypersensitivity ... #differential #management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Hypersensitivity ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Functional GI Disorders in IBD - IBD Algorithm

Background:
 • 25-40% of IBD in remission have IBS
microbiome • Visceral hypersensitivity ... gastroenterology #management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... Meningococcemia • Hypersensitivity ... Nutrition #Diagnosis #Management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
interstitial pneumonia’s, Hypersensitivity ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Drug-induced hypersensitivity ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Hypersensitivity ... Summary Type I Hypersensitivity ... Disease Type III Hypersensitivity ... sickness Type IV Hypersensitivity ... poison ivy) #Hypersensitivity