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Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA ... Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever ... Pharyngoconjunctival fever ... #Pharyngitis #IDSA ... #diagnosis #differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... - Typhoid fever ... community-acquired pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Outpatient Treatment ... Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... fluoroquinolone #IDSA ... #Regimen #Management ... #Guidelines #pharmacology
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... infectiousdisease #fever ... #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia ... 2—3 weeks • Fever ... often elevated Treatment ... jirovecii #PJP #Pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... Community acquired pneumonia ... days • Scarlet fever ... #Antibiotics #management ... #pharmacology #
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • COVID-19 pneumonia ... Severe typhoid fever ... Indications #infections #management ... #treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... Treatment: • ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc)- Diagnosis and Management Summary
Opportunistic bacteria, Healthcare Associated Infection
Gram-Negative Bacilli, Non-lactose fermenting, oxidase
Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation: Fever ... breath, wheezing Treatment ... cepacia #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #pneumonia