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IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
IDSA Recommended ... antimicrobial regimens for treatment ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #LymeDisease #Treatment ... #Regimens #IDSA
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... Appropriate #Management #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
IDSA Surgical Wound ... management and treatment ... If Gram stain not ... Infection #Algorithm #IDSA
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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space) • ElA for Cocci ... Immunodiffusion for Cocci ... trend response to treatment ... & Blood & CSF (Cocci ... Diagnosis #workup #infectiousdiseases
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram ... intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Peripheral smear - Cocci ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommended therapy for patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens #Duration #IDSA
IDSA Recommended ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #LymeDisease #Treatment ... Regimens #Duration #IDSA
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
, with aerobic gram-positive ... cocci, and especially ... Aerobic gram-negative ... follow antibiotic treatment ... cocci in many acutely
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... Duration Gram ... cultures required Gram ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... Management #Duration #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology