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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA Recommendations ... condition #IDSA ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
#IDSA #Meningitis ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
IDSA Recommended ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... Treatment #Regimens #IDSA
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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IDSA Aspergillosis ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology # ... IDSA
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... identified with modern culture ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA ... #Treatment #management ... #antibiotics #pharmacology
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
then review prior cultures ... Obtain cultures ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
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IDSA Surgical Wound ... Algorithm for the management ... pending results of culture ... Infection #Algorithm #IDSA ... #management #SSIs