Reporting Infectious Diseases (STI, STDs, etc)

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Most states require reporting certain infectious diseases. For the county of Riverside in CA, the following forms and links are helpful. https://www.rivcoph.org/ContactUs.aspx (this site gives you the number of the Riverside Public Health Department. Call them if you...

HIV Screening and Confirmation Tests

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CDC guide on testing for HIV. Check this! Helpful. “Screening Tests. The conventional serum test for diagnosing HIV infection is the repeatedly reactive immunoassay followed by confirmatory Western blot or immunofluorescent assay. The test is highly accurate...

HIV / AIDS

Clinic A/P, adults, INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Initial diagnosis -Screening test: -Confirmation test: See HIV testing here. HIV RNA or p24 if an acute infection is suspected.   Management Screen for STIs. @ follow up CD4 count. Consider CD8. Viral load.   Key Points Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for the...

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV Patients

Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults, INFECTIOUS DISEASES

“Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in HIV-infected patients leads to recovery of CD4+T cell numbers and restoration of protective immune responses against a wide variety of pathogens, resulting in reduction in the frequency of opportunistic infections and...

Choosing Antibiotic Coverage

INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

  Antibiotic Coverage Principles. Antibiotic Classes and Mechanisms of Action. Penicillin Family Antibiotics. Anti-Ribosomal Antibiotics. Antibiotic Treatment Duration By Disease State and Location. Risk Factors For Pseudomonas Infection. Risk Factors for...

Empiric Antibiotic Therapy Guidelines

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

  Empiric Antibiotic Therapy Guidelines and Antibiogram for DRMC (2018). Empiric Antibiotic Therapy Guidelines for DRMC (older).