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Septic arthritis #diagnosis #algorithm #management #treatment
Septic arthritis ... diagnosis #algorithm #management
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... Diagnosis and Management ... beneficial in septic ... nongonococcal septic ... #Management #Summary
Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Bacterial Arthritis

#Management #Septic #Bacterial #Infected #Arthritis #Antibiotics
Suspected Bacterial Arthritis ... #Management # ... Septic #Bacterial ... #Infected #Arthritis
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Diagnosis: r/o septic ... arthritis! ... gout #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
endocarditis w/ septic ... • Aggressive management ... infection (e.g. septic ... arthritis, splenic ... criticalcare #diagnosis #management
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
bloodstream infection - Management ... stable Antibiotic Management ... osteomyelitis, septic ... arthritis) Keep ... CRBSI: • Severe sepsis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
erythema nodosum (septal ... brainstem lesions, aseptic ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
of sinusitis, septic ... arthritis, osteomyelitis ... microbiology #diagnosis #management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
General malaise • Septic ... Endocarditis, Septic ... arthritis, Cholecystitis ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management
Legionnaires' Disease
Clinical features:
 • Gl- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
 • Hyponatremia
 • Elevated transaminases
 • CRP >100
Extra-pulmonary: cellulitis, septic ... arthritis, OM, ... Disease #diagnosis #management