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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Incubation is 1 ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... enzymes ↑ • Mild ... antibody test) Treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... repair exonuclease 1 ... optic atrophy-1 ... MRI lesions and clinical
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Mild infection: ... Mild infection: ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... response preceding infection ... • Weakness: mild ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... main variants: (1)
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... weakness in: 1. ... EMG Findings: 1. ... Clinical DX: - ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... immunocompromised, IBD ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... can vary from mild ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... Clinical features ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases