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

#IDSA #Meningitis
therapy in bacterial meningitis ... #IDSA #Meningitis ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... • Infectious ... Occult abscess • Sinusitis ... Cholangitis • UTI • Meningitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
treatment • TB meningitis ... pericarditis (select cases ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... • Eosinophilic meningitis ... #management #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... : Medications, Sinusitis ... PRES, Moyamoya Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Cryptococcal Meningitis ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Pneumonia and sinusitis ... Sinusitis uncommon ... rales on exam 3) Meningitis ... seizure) #Diagnosis #Peds
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Asthma • Infection ... • Chronic Sinusitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... by bacterial infections ... influenzae • Bullous myringitis ... Mastoiditis • Viral myringitis ... neuralgia • Sinusitis