Infectious, Inflammatory & Immunologic Disorders

What it covers

• The immune system's cast, and the labs that read it
• The four hypersensitivity types on one grid, from the wheal to the transplant
• Anaphylaxis, latex, drug and food allergy
• Lupus, scleroderma and Sjogren on the body, with the drug rules that follow them
• Transplant rejection by the clock and the immunosuppressant watch-list
• HIV from the window period to AIDS: the CD4 thresholds, the opportunistic infections, testing, treatment, PEP and PrEP
• Every sexually transmitted infection told apart, with the classic and the current drug
• Standard precautions, the PPE order, resistant organisms and the needlestick protocol
• The Philippine layer: RA 11166, the surveillance numbers, PhilHealth's HIV and transplant packages