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Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Peripheral smear - Cocci ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
gram-positive cocci ... chronic or follow antibiotic ... treatment, and ... Empiric antibiotic ... gram-positive cocci
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
deposits common TREATMENT ... Supportive care • Antibiotics ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
50% of adults +serology ... if possible • Serology ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Acute Diverticulitis - Management Algorithm

 • Outpatient Treatment
 • Inpatient Treatment
 • Empiric Antibiotics
 • Surgery
• Outpatient Treatment ... • Inpatient Treatment ... • Empiric Antibiotics ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
broad spectrum antibiotic ... third of esophagus Treatment ... : - Treatment of ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
other causes of neurologic ... noxious stimuli) TREATMENT ... Initiate empiric treatment ... non-absorbable antibiotic ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Antibiotics ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... Stabilization Treatments ... Redistribution Treatments ... Elimination Treatments ... #potassium #nephrology
Treatment of Pouchitis
 • Microbiota-associated - Antibiotics (ciproflaxcin, metronidzole, tinidazole, amoxicillin)
 • Immune-mediated - Budesonide, Mesalamines;
Treatment of Pouchitis ... Microbiota-associated - Antibiotics ... ileal #pouchitis #Treatment ... #management #gastroenterology