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Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
Causes of Acute ... a year Viral Causes ... HIV-1 Bacterial Causes ... Pharyngitis: • Group ... strep (5-15%) • Group
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
): refers to a group ... conditions all of which cause ... different types/causes
Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Treatment by Age Group ... Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... Antidysrhythmics: - Group ... IA and IC - Group ... Propranolol) - Group ... Differential #Drugs #Classes
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
to remember a group ... which can also cause ... endocarditis is caused ... endocarditis is caused
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
: compares two groups ... risk): compares group ... risk factor to a group ... Proves cause-effect ... but not on the causal
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Bacterial • Group ... scarlet fever • Group ... C and group G streptococcus ... Parainfluenza - Cold, croup ... #differential #causes
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... catarrhalis Group
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Causes of Pharyngitis ... • Bacterial: Group ... A Strep, Group ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... : M. smegmatis group ... M. mucogenicum group