Infectology: Special Situations | Advanced Medical Reference Manual

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

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Una guía de referencia avanzada para el manejo clínico, diagnóstico y farmacoterapéutico de infecciones en pacientes inmunocomprometidos, receptores de trasplantes, pacientes con VIH avanzado, y situaciones clínicas especiales (embarazo, cirrosis, disfunción renal, asplenia y sepsis de difícil control).

What it covers

1. Pathophysiology of Immunocompromize and Infectious Susceptibility
2. · Physiopathological Classification of Immunodeficiencies
3. Risk Stratification, Definitions and Microbiology
4. · Operational Definition
5. Therapeutic Strategy, Escalation and Management of Fungal Infections
6. · First Line Empirical Antibiotic Treatment
7. · Persistence of Fever: Approach on Day +4 to +7
8. Chronology of Post-Transplant Infection
9. · Infection Risk Timeline
10. High Impact Opportunistic Infections: CMV, EBV and BK Nephropathy
11. · Cytomegalovirus (CMV): The Cardinal Opportunistic Pathogen
12. · Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD)
13. Hematopoietic Stem Transplantation (HSCT)
14. · Physiopathological Differences: Allogeneic vs. Autologous
15. Infections Associated with Biological Therapies and Small Molecules
16. · Key Drugs and Their Specific Infectious Risk
17. Advanced immunosuppression, Viral Load Management and Clinical Infections
18. · The Patient with HIV and CD4 Count 200 cells/µL
19. Opportunistic Infections of the Central Nervous System
20. · Meningeal cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus neoformans)
21. · Cerebral Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
22. Opportunistic Pulmonary Infections and Disseminated Infections
23. · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
24. · Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)
25. Inflammatory Immune Reconstitution Syndrome (IRIS)
26. · Clinical Classification
27. Immunosenescence and Infections in the Elderly
28. · The Physiology of Immunosenescence
29. Infections in Pregnant Patients and Antimicrobials
30. · Antimicrobial Safety in Pregnancy
31. Infections in Cirrhotic Patients and Liver Failure
32. · Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
33. Dose Adjustments in Renal Failure and Peritonitis due to Peritoneal Dialysis
34. · Calculation of Kidney Function and Principles of PK/PD
35. · Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
36. Infections in the Asplenic Patient and Prevention of Fulminant Sepsis
37. · The Immunological Role of the Spleen
38. · Immunization Protocol for Splenectomized Patients
39. Health Care Associated Infections (HCI) and Management of Multidrug Resistance
40. · Critical Resistance Mechanisms in Gram Negatives
41. Cardiovascular Device Infections and Infectious Endocarditis
42. · Infections Associated with Cardiovascular Devices (Pacemaker, ICD)
43. · Complex Infectious Endocarditis
44. Infections of Central Nervous System Branches and Nosocomial Meningitis
45. · Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections (VPD) and external drainage (EVD)
46. Sepsis, Septic Shock and Pathophysiology of Organ Dysfunction
47. · Screening and Evaluation Tools: qSOFA and SOFA Scale
48. · The First Hour Measures Package (Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2021)