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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... IDSA 2021 CDI ... /ciab549 #CDI
Perianal Crohn's Disease - IBD Algorithm

 • 5-40% w perianal fistula
 • ↑ risk if colonic
Disease - IBD Algorithm ... risk if colonic CD ... Crohns #Disease #IBDAlgorithm ... #IBD #Algorithm
Intestinal Manifestations of HIV, IBD in HIV - IBD Algorithm

HIV + IBD Background
HIV + IBD Treatment
Intestinal
IBD in HIV - IBD Algorithm ... pathologies in HIV by CD4 ... Intestinal #HIV #IBD #Algorithm ... gastroenterology #IBDAlgorithm
Recommended Follow-up of Treated Syphilis Cases

EVIDENCE OF TREATMENT FAILURE OR POSSIBLE REINFECTION
• Persistence or recurrence of
titer following iritiation ... titer following initiation ... initial titer 1: ... Management #Guidelines #CDC
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
synthesis, e.g., IL-1, ... IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
ART ↑ improves CD4 ... low pretreatment CD4 ... an increase in CD4 ... Depends On: • CD4 ... suppression • CD4
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
IDSA Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
IDSA Recommendations ... Indications for Initiating ... Prophylaxis: • CD4 ... cells/mm3 or • CD4% ... Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #IDSA
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Toxoplasma gondii Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 •
IDSA Recommendations ... Indications for Initiating ... patients with CD4 ... Regimen: • TMP-SMX 1 ... #Encephalitis #IDSA