Meningococcemia
Nisseria Meningittis
- Hospital admission
- broad spec antibiotics : Vancomycin, Gentimicin
- Manage Shock

HIV treatment in children
NRTI -- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NNRTI -- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
Protease inhibitor

Toxoplasmosis treatment (intracellular protozoan)
Pyrimethamine & Sulfadiazzine (both inhibit folic acid synthesis -- need to replace)

Cryptococcosis  (Fungal infection) treatment
- Ampho B & flucytosine

Pneumocystis Carini pnemonia (PCP)  -- fungal classification
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1st line - TMP sulfa

2nd line - pentamidine
               TMP-SMZ + dapsone
               atovaquone
               primaquine + clindamycin
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Atypical Mycobacterial infections treatment

1) avium
2) intracellulare
3) kansasii
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- Clarithromycin or Azithromycin plus 1) ethambutol
                                                          2) Rifabutin
                                                          3) Rifampin
                                                          4) Ciprofloxacin
                                                          5) Amikacin

CMV infection
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No treatment

life threatening infection give IV foscarnet or ganciclovir

transplant recipients are given oral ganciclovir CMV prophylaxis
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Varicella (chickenpox) immunocompetent
Oral antihistamines

VZV pneumonia &amp; immunocompetent varicella
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Acyclovir

Varicella immune  globulin
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Rebeola (measles) treatment
Supportive
Immunoglobulin is available

Lyme Disease Treatment
Amoxicillin or Doxycycline

Typhoid Fever (salmonella typhi) Treatment
Amoxicillin or TMP-SMZ

Rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) -- <i>Riketttsia rickettsii</i>
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Tetracycline ( protein synthesis inhibitor)

Chloramphenicol-----inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis, chloramphenicol has a very broad spectrum of activity: it is active against Gram-positive bacteria (including most strains of MRSA), Gram-negative bacteria and anaerobes.[
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Coccidiodiomycosis (fungal) treatment
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Oral Itraconazole

Severe = IV Amphotocerin B
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Histoplasmosis (fungal) treatment
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Oral Itraconazole

Severe = IV Amphotocerin B
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Schistosomiasis treatment (protozoal)
Praziquantel