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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
still at risk of reactivation ... ART may prevent reactivation ... Prevention #Treatment #management
HBV Reactivation Risk in IBD on Immunosuppression Algorithm
Risk of Reactivation
High Risk: >10% Risk
 • HBsAg+ /
HBV Reactivation ... Algorithm Risk of Reactivation ... Waseem_AhmedMD #HBV #Reactivation ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
coinfection, toxo reactivation ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Diagnosis and Management ... absent the risk of reactivation ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... congenital disease, reactivation ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Viruses: HSV (reactivation ... Viruses: HSV (reactivation ... Viruses: CMV (reactivation ... ), VZV (reactivation ... ), CMV (reactivation
Three Ds of Clinical Debriefing : Deactivation, Deconstruction and Dissemination 

- Dr. Ben Symon https://twitter.com/symon_ben

#Clinical #Debriefing
Clinical Debriefing : Deactivation ... Debriefing #3Ds #DDDs #Deactivation
Anaphylaxis: Pathogenesis
Anaphylaxis is a Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction
While the primary mechanism of anaphylaxis is mast cell
anaphylaxis is mast cell activation ... Inappropriate mast cell activation ... cells • ANS activation