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IDSA Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults
Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085

#Management #Clostridium #CDifficile #IDSA2017 #Guidelines
the Treatment of Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... doi.org/10.1093/cid ... #Management #Clostridium
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
deficiency) • Infection ... Sepsis • Non-infectious ... (malignancy, rheumatologic ... causes #Platelets #hematology
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
CID. ... DOI 10.1093/cid/ ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections
Clostridium Dificile Risk by Antibiotic Class

Pooled and study-specific risk estimates of community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic
Clostridium Dificile ... #CDifficile #Infection ... #Clindamycin #Clostridium
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
of Necrotizing Infections ... Muscle • Mixed infections ... Staphylococcus aureus • Clostridium ... #Necrotizing #Infections
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Connective Tissue, Infections ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... Lymphocytopenia: Infections ... • Neutropenia: Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #hematology
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
recommended Infectious ... • Bacterial: Clostridium ... belli, Cyclospora Infectious ... - Invasive: Clostridium ... Cytomegalovirus Non-Infectious
Algorithm for the diagnosis of Necrotizing Infections #Diagnosis #Management #GenSurg #Microbiology #NecrotizingFasciitis #Myonecrosis #Necrotizing #SoftTissueInfection #Clostridium
of Necrotizing Infections ... SoftTissueInfection #Clostridium
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Internal (RBC) - Infections ... Babesiosis, Bartonella, Clostridium ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... Laboratory Testing Clostridium ... enteroaggregative) Clostridium ... cereus, S. aureus Clostridium ... Cytomegalovirus #Infectious