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CDC Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Treatment Guidelines, 2021
 • Bacterial Vaginosis
 • Cervicitis
 • Chlamydial Infections
Sexually Transmitted Infections ... (STI) Treatment ... • Chlamydial Infections ... • Gonococcal Infections ... #STI #Treatment
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Specific Antibiotics - Class Overview

1. Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) (PO)
2. Fosfomycin (PO)
3. Methenamine (PO)

#Pharmacology
Urinary Tract Infection ... (UTI) Specific ... Antibiotics - Class ... Review #Overview #UTI ... #UrinaryTract #Infection
STI/STD Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Regimens
STI prophylaxis after Sexual Assault
 • Azithromycin 1g PO or doxycycline 100mg PO
STI/STD Post-Exposure ... Prophylaxis Regimens STI ... x 7d - BIDMC Infectious ... BIDMC_IDFellows #STI ... #Prophylaxis #antibiotics
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... Cholangitis • UTI ... disease Viral Infection
Causes of Post-Partum Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
6 W's for causes of PPF
 - Wind: pneumonia,
atalectasis - Water: UTI ... Pneumonia Uterine Infection ... Abcess Urinary Infection ... : • UTI • Pyelonephritis ... Wound Infection
Genital Herpes Simplex - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimens:
 • First clinical episode of genital herpes
persons with HIV infection ... • Episodic infection ... persons with HIV infection ... Simplex #HSV #CDC #CDC2021 ... Guidelines #Management #STI
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Thyroid disease • Infectious ... : UTI, Pneumonia ... Recreational drugs, Toxic ingestions ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Procalcitonin Limitations - Situations where PCT can be misinterpreted:
- Single value testing
- AKI/CKD
- Pancreatitis
- Cancers/Neoplasms
- Trauma
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Burns - Localized infections ... (e.g. ... SSTI, UTI) - Atypical ... pathogens (e.g.
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
inflammation/ infection ... (cystitis, UTI) ... Incontinence (SUI ... Nocturia, Dysuria if SUI ... or UUI not caused
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Mild infection: ... for purulent SSTI ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... including those caused