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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
duration same as for treatment ... still at risk of reactivation ... ART may prevent reactivation ... Disease Note: Treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
coinfection, toxo reactivation ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
absent the risk of reactivation ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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 ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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 ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
the absence of treatment ... congenital disease, reactivation ... against T. cruzi Treatment ... q12h)x 60 days Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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infections result from reactivation ... Antimicrobial treatment
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