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INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIAGNOSIS ■ CXR ■ Classically: Diffuse interstitial infiltrates ■ Other: Focal consolidation, cavitary lesion ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE HIV ENCEPHALOPATHY(AIDS DEMENTIA) ■ Progressive impairment of memory/cognitive processes caused directly by H ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIAGNOSIS ■ Serologic testing not helpful (high antibody prevalence) ■ CT: Multiple subcortical lesions ■ Mos ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE HIV NEUROPATHY ■ Rarely emergent ■ Painful sensory symptoms in feet Gastrointestinal Complications THRUSH(ORA ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Cutaneous Complications KAPOSISARCOMA More common in men who have sex with men SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ Pink, red, or ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE TABLE 8.5. Specific Side Effects for HIV-Associated Medications DRUG SIDEEFFECT Didanosine Pancreatitis Fosca ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE ■ Uncomplicated ■ Men: Urethritis, epididymitis, prostatitis ■ Women: Cervicitis, PID ■ Both: Pharyngitis, co ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE ■ Rash ■ Nonpruritic ■ Dull red maculopapular ■ Spreads trunk →extremities (may involve palms and/or soles) ■ ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP) A 28-year-old surgical intern presents after being stuck with a bloody 18G nee ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE ■ Associated with 79% reduction in transmission ■ Initiate ASAP (goal =1–2 hours). ■ >36 hours: Normally d ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE TABLE 8.9. Nonoccupational HIV Post-Substantial-Risk Exposure Treatment Guidelines TIMECOURSE SOURCE=UNKNOWNH ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE ■ Puncture wounds ■ Wounds with crushed/devitalized tissue ■ Inadequate immunization ■ Produces tetanospasmin ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE In addition to Td vaccination, give tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG) for high-risk wounds with uncertain or <3 ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE SYMPTOMS/EXAM ■ CA-MRSA patients frequently present with skin or soft tissue infections (especially nonhealin ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Fewer than half of rabies cases due to bats have a documented bite so treatment is indicated even if there is ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Adults don’t get botulism from eating honey because the presence of normal intestinal flora prevents coloniza ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Sporotrichosis ■ Infection caused by the traumatic inoculation of Sporothrix shenckii (a fungus) ■ Found on p ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIFFERENTIAL Enteroviral diseases, aseptic meningitis, acute rheumatic fever, encephalitis, multiple sclerosi ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Give a single dose of doxycycline for the prophylaxis of high-risk tick bites. The classic triad of tick expo ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Ehrlichiosis ■ Obligate intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus of the Ehrlichiasp. ■ Transmitted by Ixodes ...