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Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... ) #Management #InfectiousDiseases
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
hospital with pneumonia ... that developed pneumonia ... HCAP #HAP #VAP #Pneumonia ... Community #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... United States • Pneumonic ... tularensis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Streptococcus Pneumoniae ... Bacteremia #Treatment #Management ... #Duration #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
IDSA Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens 

#Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases #MDRO #RiskFactors #HAP #VAP #HCAP #IDSA2016 #Guidelines
#Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... IDSA2016 #Guidelines #Pneumonia
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Acute / Chronic Pneumonia ... manifestation after pneumonia ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases