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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2 #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... EmergencyMedicine #Pharmacology ... Virus #Antiviral #Management
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
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 #
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
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
CoronaVirus #Treatment #Management ... #Pandemic #Outbreak ... #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
Zithromax #Macrolides #InfectiousDiseases ... Coronavirus #Treatment #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... DrugInteraction #Pandemic
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Cryptococcus, Endemic ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... viral #fungal #Microbiology