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Syphilis - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • Primary, secondary, and early latent: adults (including pregnant
people with HIV infection ... million units IM ... single dose • Late ... million units IM ... Treatment #Guidelines #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Pathophysiology ... CXR upright or lat ... Management: •
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Treponema pallidum Infections (Syphilis) to Prevent Disease in HIV-AIDS
Early Stage (Primary, Secondary,
(Syphilis) to Prevent ... 1 dose (BII) Late-Latent ... 28 days (BIII) Late-Stage ... consultation to guide management ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
Management Algorithm ... Epilepticus • Assess ... IV at a maximum rate ... Fosphenytoin 20 PE/kg IM ... #Algorithm #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Direct microbial infection ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
MGH Status Epilepticus Treatment Protocol
1st line (seizures ongoing for 5-10 mins): 
 - Lorazepam 4mg IV
1 - If no IV access ... intranasal/buccal/IM ... PE/kg IV (max rate ... Protocol #algorithm #neurology ... #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... shock • Mortality rate ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management