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Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... days • Scarlet fever ... primarycare #outpatient #treatment ... #pharmacology #
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Fever in 90% ... treatment are the ... cornerstones of treatment ... cm Continuous fever ... drainage- first-line treatment
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... : • Empiric antibiotics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Intervention: - Fevers ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... if neutropenic fever ... diagnosis #management #treatment
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... Algorithm #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Inflammation: high fever ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics ... gabrieltalledop #Oroya #Fever
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... of outpatient antibiotics ... abscess #Clinical #Radiology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... - Virtually never ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics