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IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 1. Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults

#Management
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Guidelines - Table ...  1. ... Infection in Adults ... #Management #
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Infection (CDI) ... on ABx) → Acute ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Infectious Diarrhea ... Bacterial 1. ... Bacterial 1. ... #diagnosis #table
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
C difficile assay ... Travel to endemic ... HIV infection or ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Vasoactive Drugs 1) ... MI, Acute Heart ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... clinical forms: 1) ... #Management #Infections
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... host response to infection ... insufficiency, acute ... #management #cold ... warm #wet #dry #table
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... arthroconidia may travel ... titer greater than 1: ... Valley #Fever #Diagnosis