9 results
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Management Summary Acute ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Acute myocarditis ... • Treatment: ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... Diseases Armadillos ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... InfectiousDiseases #table ... #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... Diseases Armadillos ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... InfectiousDiseases #table ... #list
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
The table below ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
Chagas Disease - ... Acute, Chronic ... ), nonspecific fever ... Washington University ID ... Reactivation #Diagnosis #Table
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral ... symptoms • May last ... Headache (45%) • Fever ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Management Summary Acute ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Acute myocarditis ... • Treatment: ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... night sweats, fever ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers