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Specific antibiotic in-hospital treatment for community-acquired bacterial meningitis

#bacterial #meningitis #management #antibiotics #therapy #treatment #table #duration #empiric
Specific antibiotic ... treatment for community-acquired ... bacterial #meningitis #management ... #treatment #table ... #duration #empiric
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Community water-borne ... HIV infection or ... men Consider empiric ... Hospitalization required ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Coverage #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... Fever Figure 1. ... antibiotic therapy ... antibiotics LOW ... and clinically stable
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
host response to infection ... SEPTIC SHOCK is ... Patients w/ septic shock ... Empiric broad spectrum ... antibiotics 2
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
IDSA Recommendations ... chew, or crush tablet ... 4–6 mL QID or 1– ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... RESPIRATORY 96.1% • Empiric ... antibiotic therapy
Antimicrobial Regimens for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults
Initial empirical therapy: 
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate (500 mg/125 mg
Adults Initial empirical ... PO qd) Severe infection ... • Ceftriaxone (1– ... #idsa #antibiotics ... Rhinosinusitis #Adults #management