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Specific antibiotic in-hospital treatment for community-acquired bacterial meningitis

#bacterial #meningitis #management #antibiotics #therapy #treatment #table #duration #empiric
Specific antibiotic ... in-hospital treatment ... #meningitis #management ... #antibiotics #therapy ... #treatment #table
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... due to trauma Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
mechanisms of these bacteria ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #antibiotics #EmpiricGame
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Bacterial Meningitis ... Organisms and Treatment ... Age Group #Bacterial ... Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis ... #Management
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Spontaneous #Bacterial ... Peritonitis #SBP #Diagnosis
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
gram-negative bacteria ... to beta-lactam antibiotics ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology # ... SPICE #SPACE #Bacteria
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
bloodstream infection - Management ... Antibiotic Management ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis ... #management
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
for TPN) and antibiotic ... Sources #Causes #Bacteria ... #Differential #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Pathogens