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Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
and soft tissue infections ... skin #softtissue #infections ... #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... available • Blood culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... 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
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... available • Blood culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... the best empiric treatment ... intra-abdominal infections ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #pharmacology #treatment
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections ... #rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #management #treatment
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal infections ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... Invasive #Fungal #Infections ... #InfectousDiseases
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
serious bacterial infection ... As with any infection ... - Blood cultures ... compared with blood culture ... guide intial treatment
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
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Surgical Wound Infection ... management and treatment ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... pending results of culture
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... separate blood cultures ... • Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
having positive cultures ... predictive of a serious infection ... overlook severe infections ... superior indicator of infection ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology