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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Serious Bacterial ... Pneumonia and sinusitis ... Sinusitis uncommon ... Meningitis suggested ... #Peds #EM #Classification
Nuchal Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial Meningitis

Flexion of the neck revealed nuchal rigidity. The patient was unable
Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial ... Meningitis Flexion ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Peds ... #Pediatrics #neurology
Nuchal Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial Meningitis

Flexion of the neck revealed nuchal rigidity. The patient was unable
Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial ... Meningitis Flexion ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Peds ... #Pediatrics #neurology
IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
IDSA Clinical Practice ... Algorithm for the management ... antibiotics-for-clinically-diagnosed-acute-sinusitis ... /) #Diagnosis ... #Management #IDSA
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
cause of: CAP, Bacterial ... meningitis, Otitis ... Important cause of sinusitis ... Diagnosis: • Physical ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... lesions, aseptic meningitis ... Vascular Disease: Arterial ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary, systemic or meningitic ... Pulmonary (60%) • Sinusitis ... infection (~40%) • Meningitis ... Invasive Disease: • Meningitis ... #Management #Infections