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IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
IDSA Suggested Empiric ... Antibiotic Regimens ... Based on Clinical ... Infections #empiric #antibiotics ... #pharmacology #idsa
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... will represent antibiotics ... arrange all the clinically ... important drug classes ... does not equal clinical
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... or those with clinical ... including those caused
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
and Management - IDSA ... Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... or TEE unless clinical ... #Candidemia #IDSA
IDSA - Paradise Criteria for Tonsillectomy
Minimum frequency of sore throat episodes:
 • Seven or more episodes
IDSA - Paradise ... preceding 3 y Clinical ... Treatment • Antibiotics ... notation in a clinical ... peds #pediatrics #idsa
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Management: • Antibiotics ... Switch to oral antibiotics ... #differential #causes
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... Candida infections – covers ... usually works clinically ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
 •
eyelash follicle • Cause ... upper lid • Cause ... Warm compresses, antibiotic ... eyedrops, surgery #Clinical
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... to 10 percent): antibiotics ... Erythema #Nodosum #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Clinical
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
input to (in this case ... that right eyelid covers ... etiology in this case ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical